parlay

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English

Etymology

Coined circa 1828 as a verb; used as a noun since about 1904. From French parler (speak).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɑː(ɹ)leɪ/, IPA(key): /ˈpɑː(ɹ)li/
  • Audio (UK):(file)

Verb

parlay (third-person singular simple present parlays, present participle parlaying, simple past and past participle parlayed)

  1. (transitive) To carry forward the stake and winnings from a bet onto a subsequent wager.
  2. (by extension) To increase.
  3. To speak about peace; to hold peace talks.
  4. (transitive) To convert into something better.
    • April 19 2002, Scott Tobias, AV Club Fightville[1]
      Epperlein and Tucker focus on two featherweight hopefuls: Dustin Poirier, a formidable contender who’s looking to parlay a history of schoolyard violence and street-fighting into a potential career, and Albert Stainback, a more thoughtful yet more erratic and undisciplined fighter whose chief gimmick is entering the ring wearing a hat like the one Malcolm McDowell wore in A Clockwork Orange.
    • 2019 January 26, Kitty Empire, “The Streets review – the agony and ecstasy of a great everyman”, in The Guardian[2]:
      Skinner retired the Streets in 2011 after five albums that successfully parlayed UK garage to Oasis fans (and everyone else), earning much adulation, a No 1 – Dry Your Eyes, from 2004’s A Grand Don’t Come for Free – and the counterweight of occupational hazards.

Translations

Noun

parlay (plural parlays)

  1. A bet or series of bets where the stake and winnings are cumulatively carried forward.
  2. A negotiation session, especially regarding a treaty.
    • 2017 August 27, Brandon Nowalk, “Game Of Thrones slows down for the longest, and best, episode of the season (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club[3]:
      What’s so great about the episode is it takes its time. The first 30 minutes of this 79-minute behemoth—a model for season eight’s reportedly extended run-times—are a single set piece, the big parlay in the Dragon Pit at King’s Landing.

See also


Quechua

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish parlar.

Noun

parlay

  1. speech, language

Declension

Synonyms

Verb

parlay

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to speak, converse, talk

Conjugation

Synonyms