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bookmaking

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From Middle English boke-making, equivalent to book + making.

noun bookmakings

  1. uncountable, usually The art or profession of determining odds and receiving and paying off bets, especially bets on the outcome of sporting events.
  2. uncountable, usually The art or practice of printing and binding books. Meronyms: printing, binding, bookbinding

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@misc{bookmaking_2026,
  title = {bookmaking},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bookmaking},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}