Parlay

Quick meaning: Parlay is a verb meaning (ambitransitive, gambling) To carry forward the stake and winnings from a bet on to a subsequent wager or series of wagers.

Meaning

(ambitransitive, gambling) To carry forward the stake and winnings from a bet on to a subsequent wager or series of wagers.

More Meanings

1. (transitive, by extension) To increase (an asset, money, etc.) by gambling or investing in a daring manner.
2. (transitive, by extension, generally) To convert (a situation, thing, etc.) into something better.
3. (intransitive) Alternative spelling of parley (“to have a discussion, especially one between enemies”).
4. (originally US, gambling) A bet or series of bets where the stake and winnings are cumulatively carried forward; an accumulator.

Example Sentences

Shall we parlay the value of our products?

[Oliver] Stone's vision, to decode the top secret message hidden in the CIA archives, parlays conspiracy theory onto screen memory, and as he clearly hopes, into history.

She knew she should put off thinking about starting up anything until after finishing her cookie column commitment … and figuring out how to parlay that into a job that would carry her into the new year and beyond.

Guatemala has remained a society organized to harness an impoverished, segmented rural labor force for the production of exports that a small landowning elite, in partnership with foreign commercial interests, parlays into profit in world markets.

Word Forms

• parlays
• parlaying
• parlayed
• parley

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include wager, continue, play, post, game, outgamble.

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