gambling debts in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for gambling debts in the French»English Dictionary

dette de jeu

gambling debt

Translations for gambling debts in the English»French Dictionary

debt [Brit dɛt, Am dɛt] N

1. debt FIN:

debt

dette f (to envers)

bad debts

créances fpl douteuses

to cancel a debt

annuler une créance

Third World debt

la dette du tiers monde

to run up a debt or debts

faire des dettes

to get into debt

s'endetter

to be in debt

avoir des dettes

she is $2, 000 in debt

elle a 2 000 dollars de dettes

to be in debt to sb

devoir de l'argent à qn

I'm in debt (to the bank) to the tune of £7, 000

je dois 7 000 livres sterling à la banque

to get out of debt

acquitter ses dettes

to pay off one's debts

rembourser ses dettes

to pay off one's debts attr collection, recovery, relief

des créances

to pay off one's debts burden, interest, payment

de la dette

to pay off one's debts capacity, level, ratio

d'endettement

to pay off one's debts crisis

de l'endettement

2. debt (obligation):

debt

dette f (to envers)

a debt of honour

une dette d'honneur

to pay one's debt to society

payer sa dette envers la société

to acknowledge one's debt to sb

reconnaître qu'on doit beaucoup à qn

I'm forever in your debt

je vous suis infiniment reconnaissant

I.gamble [Brit ˈɡamb(ə)l, Am ˈɡæmbəl] N

1. gamble (bet):

gamble

pari m

to have a gamble on sth

faire un pari sur qc

2. gamble (risk):

gamble fig

pari m

to take a gamble

faire un pari

that's a bit of a gamble

c'est un peu risqué

a safe gamble

un pari sûr

his gamble paid off

son pari or son coup de poker a réussi

II.gamble [Brit ˈɡamb(ə)l, Am ˈɡæmbəl] VB trans

gamble money:

gamble

jouer

gamble fig

miser (on sur)

to gamble everything on sth

tout miser sur qc

III.gamble [Brit ˈɡamb(ə)l, Am ˈɡæmbəl] VB intr

gamble (at cards)

jouer

gamble HORSE RAC

parier

gamble fig

miser (on sur)

to gamble on the horses

parier aux courses

to gamble at cards

jouer de l'argent aux cartes

to gamble for high stakes lit, fig

jouer gros

to gamble on the Stock Exchange

jouer à la Bourse

to gamble with sb's life

jouer avec la vie de qn

he gambled that the shares would rise

il a misé sur l'augmentation des actions

she hadn't gambled on his being there

elle n'avait pas prévu qu'il serait là

gambling [Brit ˈɡamblɪŋ, Am ˈɡæmblɪŋ] N

gambling

jeu m (d'argent)

his compulsive gambling

sa passion du jeu

his compulsive gambling attr syndicate, hall, table, house, debt

de jeu

gambling debts in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for gambling debts in the English»French Dictionary

gambling debts N

gambling debts

dettes fpl de jeu

Translations for gambling debts in the English»French Dictionary

debt [det] N

debt

dette f

debt

pouf m Belg

to pay back debts

rembourser des dettes

to run up a (huge) debt

s'endetter lourdement

to be out of debt

être acquitté de ses dettes

to go heavily into debt

s'endetter lourdement

Phrases:

to be in debt to sb

être redevable de qc à qn

gambling N no pl

gambling

jeu m

I.gamble [ˈgæmbl] N

gamble

risque m

II.gamble [ˈgæmbl] VB intr

1. gamble (bet):

gamble

jouer (de l'argent)

to gamble at cards/on horses

jouer aux cartes/aux courses

to gamble on the stock market

jouer à la bourse

2. gamble (take a risk hoping):

to gamble on sb/sth

compter sur qn/qc

to gamble on doing sth

compter faire qc

III.gamble [ˈgæmbl] VB trans

gamble

jouer

to gamble everything on sth fig

tout miser sur qc

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Jack hid the fact that he was being chased by criminals over gambling debts.

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The charges stemmed from over $800,000 in gambling debts.

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Ironically, he mistakes the man who hires him as a model for a loan shark that has come to collect on his gambling debts.

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She admits to having done so, saying that she needed the money to pay off gambling debts.

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The room is said to have been for assignations and the settling of gambling debts.

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In addition, her gambling debts were paid by him.

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He had left his wife in disgrace after infecting her with an unpleasant social disease, and had substantial gambling debts.

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For selling illegal prescriptions to college students to cover his gambling debts, he lost his medical license and was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

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Ironically, he mistakes the man who hired him as a model for a loan shark that has come to collect on his gambling debts.

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The family left abruptly in 1926, reportedly due to one of the brother's gambling debts.

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