winnings

[ UK /wˈɪnɪŋz/ ]
[ US /ˈwɪnɪŋz/ ]
NOUN
  1. something won (especially money)
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How To Use winnings In A Sentence

  • Part of it comes from unclaimed Premium Bond winnings but there are many savings accounts that are lying dormant too.
  • He used his winnings to buy every American a scoop of non-dairy ice cream.
  • What are you going to spend your winnings on?
  • They can have the money wired to their bank account, they can open an account with a specified bank, or they can pick up their winnings personally.
  • I collected my winnings and bought us all chips as we took a table by the big plastic windows inside and picked which dogs we'd back for the rest of the evening.
  • But she just needed to pay a £749 authorisation fee to begin collecting her winnings.
  • Traditional bookmakers now pay tax on gross profits rather than punters paying tax on their winnings.
  • Within four years their winnings were all but gone and their lives were fast becoming a cautionary lesson in the hazards of sudden wealth. Times, Sunday Times
  • He looked a bit shocked when I turned up to collect my winnings wearing a pink top and a skirt, something he got used to a few years later when I started to work for him.
  • New Jersey has a law supported by compulsive gamblers that allows people to voluntarily sign themselves up for a blacklist — if someone on the blacklist is caught entering a casino, they immediately forfeit all their winnings and might have to pay an additional fine. The Volokh Conspiracy » More on Behavioral Economics and Regulatory Policy:
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