Associations to the word «Exacta»

Wiktionary

EXACTA, noun. A bet in which the bettor must correctly pick the two runners who finish first and second, in the correct order.

Dictionary definition

EXACTA, noun. A bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats