| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| banco |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ban·co |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b ng k , bäng- |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. ban·cos
A bet in certain gambling games for the entire amount the banker offers to accept. | | INTERJECTION: | Used to announce a bet in certain gambling games. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Italian, variant of banca, from Old Italian. See bank2.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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