Το αγγλικό ουσιαστικό είναι παραφθορά της ιταλικής λέξης paroli, που χρησιμοποιούμε κι εμείς σε στοιχήματα για να περιγράψουμε την περίπτωση όπου αφήνουμε μέσα (στο παιχνίδι) τα κέρδη μας από ένα στοίχημα, διπλασιάζοντας (ή και πολλαπλασιάζοντας) έτσι το ποσό του αμέσως προηγούμενου στοιχήματος.
Η λέξη χρησιμοποιείται και σαν ρήμα, και νομίζω ότι το αβγατίζω είναι μια καλή αντιστοιχία της μεταφορικής χρήσης (αλλά όχι η μοναδική). Δείτε τα παραδείγματα του OED:
Ας μην μπερδεύουμε το ρήμα αυτό με το parley, από το γαλλικό parler, που χρησιμοποιείται με τη σημασία «διαπραγμάτευση, διαπραγματεύομαι».
Μια και το OED θυμήθηκε την αυτοβιογραφία της Χολιντέι, ε...
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*Parlay, a tribute to Ennio Morricone's Man with a Harmonica theme, is used during the parlay scene. Jack, Elizabeth and Barbossa go to meet Beckett, Jones and Will, who attempts final negotiations before war. The A love theme is played on a distorted electric guitar, while the strings accompany with the ostinato of Cutler Beckett's theme.
Τζογαδόρος ήταν ο υπεύθυνος των Πειρατών.
Η λέξη χρησιμοποιείται και σαν ρήμα, και νομίζω ότι το αβγατίζω είναι μια καλή αντιστοιχία της μεταφορικής χρήσης (αλλά όχι η μοναδική). Δείτε τα παραδείγματα του OED:
2. trans. To increase (capital) by means of gambling; more generally, to exploit (a circumstance) for gain, to transform (an asset, advantage, etc.) into something considerably greater or more valuable. Also absol. colloq.
1942 San Francisco Examiner 5 May 18/5 As far as the girl who was kicked off the '36 Olympic team and parlayed it into a million dollars or so, is concerned, water these days is strictly for drinking and bathing. 1947 Life 20 Jan. 89/2 Only 25 years ago trucking firms consisted of a few men with strong backs and iron nerves who parlayed their savings into creaky trucks and did their bookkeeping on backs of envelopes. 1949 Sat. Even. Post. 25 June 32 H. J. Heinz‥parlayed a pickle into one of the most valuable family heirlooms in America. 1952 Sun (Baltimore) 8 Oct. 11/2 She would like to parlay an original ‘People's Union’ fund of $100 into lots more and start in motion her mailing plan for errant politicians. 1956 B. Holiday Lady sings Blues (1973) vi. 57, I hoped he could shoot enough dice to parlay it into a bill big enough I didn't have to feel ashamed to send home. 1964 ‘E. McBain’ Axe v. 78 Cards.‥ Dice. Anything where he can parlay a small stake into some quick cash. 1972 Publishers' Weekly 17 Jan. 56/3 His family had parlayed the sum awarded him by the court into millions. 1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Sept. 1131/3 Parlaying his genuine physical tragedy, by unspoken comparison, into a certificate of literary genius. 1975 High Times Dec. 106/2 (Advt.), I have parlayed $146 into $90,000. 1976 Wood Sci. VIII. 180 These findings may be parlayed into savings in sample size in future experiments on the strength of lumber. 1977 New Society 5 May 236/3 Former pupils who had parlayed a third-class degree into £7,000 a year and ten minutes' teaching a week. 1977 Time 27 June 15/1 Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 31, the Wunderkind of low-budget West German cinema,‥is about to parlay his critical acclaim into box office success as an international director.
1942 San Francisco Examiner 5 May 18/5 As far as the girl who was kicked off the '36 Olympic team and parlayed it into a million dollars or so, is concerned, water these days is strictly for drinking and bathing. 1947 Life 20 Jan. 89/2 Only 25 years ago trucking firms consisted of a few men with strong backs and iron nerves who parlayed their savings into creaky trucks and did their bookkeeping on backs of envelopes. 1949 Sat. Even. Post. 25 June 32 H. J. Heinz‥parlayed a pickle into one of the most valuable family heirlooms in America. 1952 Sun (Baltimore) 8 Oct. 11/2 She would like to parlay an original ‘People's Union’ fund of $100 into lots more and start in motion her mailing plan for errant politicians. 1956 B. Holiday Lady sings Blues (1973) vi. 57, I hoped he could shoot enough dice to parlay it into a bill big enough I didn't have to feel ashamed to send home. 1964 ‘E. McBain’ Axe v. 78 Cards.‥ Dice. Anything where he can parlay a small stake into some quick cash. 1972 Publishers' Weekly 17 Jan. 56/3 His family had parlayed the sum awarded him by the court into millions. 1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Sept. 1131/3 Parlaying his genuine physical tragedy, by unspoken comparison, into a certificate of literary genius. 1975 High Times Dec. 106/2 (Advt.), I have parlayed $146 into $90,000. 1976 Wood Sci. VIII. 180 These findings may be parlayed into savings in sample size in future experiments on the strength of lumber. 1977 New Society 5 May 236/3 Former pupils who had parlayed a third-class degree into £7,000 a year and ten minutes' teaching a week. 1977 Time 27 June 15/1 Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 31, the Wunderkind of low-budget West German cinema,‥is about to parlay his critical acclaim into box office success as an international director.
Ας μην μπερδεύουμε το ρήμα αυτό με το parley, από το γαλλικό parler, που χρησιμοποιείται με τη σημασία «διαπραγμάτευση, διαπραγματεύομαι».
Μια και το OED θυμήθηκε την αυτοβιογραφία της Χολιντέι, ε...
Και για να μη σταματήσω, τώρα που πήρα φόρα...
Αλλά και στο βιβλίο...
Και στον δίσκο:
*Parlay, a tribute to Ennio Morricone's Man with a Harmonica theme, is used during the parlay scene. Jack, Elizabeth and Barbossa go to meet Beckett, Jones and Will, who attempts final negotiations before war. The A love theme is played on a distorted electric guitar, while the strings accompany with the ostinato of Cutler Beckett's theme.
Τζογαδόρος ήταν ο υπεύθυνος των Πειρατών.