spread bet
noun[C]
ukusFINANCE,STOCK MARKET
anactofriskingmoneyonchangesin thepriceofshares, withoutbuyingthesharesthemselves:
Unlikeshareholdings,spreadbetsdo notbenefitfromdividends.
make/place/take a spread betShe wasfined$750,000 formarketabuseafterplacingaspreadbeton acompanyin which she was themainshareholder.
FINANCE
anactofriskingmoneyon what youthinktheresultof aneventsuch as asportsgamewill be:
You could take aspreadbeton how manymatchesit will be before he getssentoff.