exacta

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin exactus (literally “precise, acccurate”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

perfecta

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