noun
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Etymology: French sept-et-le-va, literally, seven and the first stake
: a sum equal to seven times the amount of the first stake in a game of basset
noun
( -s )
Etymology: French sept-et-le-va, literally, seven and the first stake
: a sum equal to seven times the amount of the first stake in a game of basset
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012