banco
a declaration made by a bettor in certain gambling games, as baccarat and chemin de fer, indicating a bet matching the full amount in the bank, to the exclusion of all previous lower bets: often used as an interjection.
to make such a declaration.
Origin of banco
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How to use banco in a sentence
Inprimis facimus inventarium de libris in libraria publica ad bancos cathenatis in hunc modum.
The Care of Books | John Willis Clark
British Dictionary definitions for banco
/ (ˈbæŋkəʊ) /
a call in gambling games such as chemin de fer and baccarat by a player or bystander who wishes to bet against the entire bank
Origin of banco
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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