[bah-kuh-rah, bak-uh-; bah-kuh-rah, bak-uh-; Fr. ba-ka ra] 
| a gambling game at cards played by a banker and two or more punters who bet against the banker. |
| bac·ca·rat (bä'kə-rä', bāk'ə-) n. A card game in which the winner is the player who holds two or three cards totaling closest to nine. [French baccara, from Provençal.] |