trifecta
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Etymology [edit]
From tri- + (per)fecta.
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Noun [edit]
trifecta (plural trifectas)
- (US, Australia, New Zealand) A bet in which the bettor must select the first three placegetters of a race in the order in which they finish.
- 2006, Vincent Conti, Thoroughbred Horse Racing Systems and Methodologies, page 9,
- The conservative player will play the exacta box bet and the occasional trifecta box wager.
- 2010, Leonard A. Asimow, Mark M. Maxwell, Probability and Statistics with Applications: A Problem Solving Text, page 10,
- In a trifecta, you must wager on three horses: the one that finishes first (win), the one that finishes second (place), and the one that finishes third (show) in order.
- 2006, Vincent Conti, Thoroughbred Horse Racing Systems and Methodologies, page 9,
- (US, Australia, New Zealand) The attainment of three important achievements, qualities, etc.
- (US, by extension) A set of three related things, often things that cause problems.
- 2007, Michael Morrison, Head First JavaScript, page 525,
- Along with runtime errors, two other errors we saw earlier round out the JavaScript bug trifecta: syntax errors, logic errors, and runtime errors.
- 2011, Beatriz Scaglia, The Trifecta of Evil and the Crisis of Faith: Devil, Satan, and Lucifer.
- 2011, Markus Horner, Consistently Persistent: Living with the Tourette Trifecta.
- 2007, Michael Morrison, Head First JavaScript, page 525,
