bookmaking
Setting betting lines
Bookmaking is the business of accepting and paying out bets, especially on horse races and sporting events.
A bookmaker (or bookie) sets odds and takes wagers, profiting from the margin between payouts.
He ran an illegal bookmaking operation out of the back room.
Separately, bookmaking can mean the craft of physically producing books—binding, printing, and design—though this sense is less common.
Likelihood expressed numerically
- wagerStake on uncertainty
- bookieOne who takes wagers
- stakeSharpened post or share
- handicapImposed competitive disadvantage
spread · parlay · accumulator · punter · moneyline · futures · vig · juice
Arranging text for print
- proofreadingChecking text for mistakes
- layoutSpatial arrangement of elements
- copyeditingCorrecting written material
- galleysOar-powered ancient warships
imposition · printing · press · edition · signature · collation · registration · bleed
Skilled manual tradesperson
- craftsmanshipSkill in making objects
- handmadeCreated manually, not mechanically
- letterpressPrinting from raised surfaces
- marblingStreaky fat distribution
calligraphy · embossing · deckle · vellum · parchment · illumination · tooling · papercraft
odds
Likelihood expressed numerically
handicap · spread · parlay · accumulator · punter · moneyline · futures · vig · juice · line
typesetting
Arranging text for print
- proofreadingChecking text for mistakes
- layoutSpatial arrangement of elements
- copyeditingCorrecting written material
galleys · imposition · printing · press · edition · signature · collation · registration · bleed · gutter
artisan
Skilled manual tradesperson
- craftsmanshipSkill in making objects
- handmadeCreated manually, not mechanically
- letterpressPrinting from raised surfaces
marbling · calligraphy · embossing · deckle · vellum · parchment · illumination · tooling · papercraft · hand-sewn
spine
Column of vertebrae
- signaturesHandwritten names as authentication
- foliosNumbered manuscript pages
- endpapersSheets joining cover to pages
gathering · trimming · dust-jacket · headband · boards · hinge · gutter · rounding · backing · gilding
- medieval educationliberal arts, trivium, scriptorium, copying, religious instruction
- crimerobbery, accomplice, alibi, burglary, conspiracy
- gamblinggamble, gambling, casinos, casino, bets
- printing historyprinting press, Gutenberg, typographers, Gutenberg press, block printing
- racketeeringracketeering, protection racket, loan sharking, extortion, numbers racket
- sports bettingodds, bets, bet, sportsbook, spread
bookmakingbetting
Staking money on outcomes
wagering · gambling · punting · playing the odds · winning
bookmakingbook burning
Incinerating texts as censorship
pulping · unbinding · censorship · shredding · book reading
book, making, books, notebook, textbook, booking, handbook, storybook, yearbook