Punter
Encyclopedia
The word punter may refer to:
- A speculator in the stock marketStock marketA stock market or equity market is a public entity for the trading of company stock and derivatives at an agreed price; these are securities listed on a stock exchange as well as those only traded privately.The size of the world stock market was estimated at about $36.6 trillion...
- A gambler, particularly an amateur betting on horse racing or a player in the game of BaccaratBaccaratBaccarat is a card game, played at casinos and by gamblers. It is believed to have been introduced into France from Italy during the reign of King Charles VIII , and it is similar to Faro and Basset...
- A beginner skier or snowboarder, especially one with particularly bad style
- Someone who uses a punt (boat)Punt (boat)A punt is a flat-bottomed boat with a square-cut bow, designed for use in small rivers or other shallow water. Punting refers to boating in a punt. The punter generally propels the punt by pushing against the river bed with a pole...
- Punter (football), a position in American or Canadian football
- The Punters, a NewfoundlandNewfoundland and LabradorNewfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...
traditional music group - Punter (protocol)Punter (protocol)Punter is a generic term referring to any of various protocols for file transfer developed in the 1980s by Steve Punter, or their variants.- PET Transfer Protocol :...
, a file-transfer protocol - Ricky PontingRicky PontingRicky Thomas Ponting , nicknamed Punter, is an Australian cricketer, a former captain of the Australian cricket team between 2004 and 2011 in Test cricket and 2002 and 2011 in One Day International cricket. He is a specialist right-handed batsman, slips and close catching fielder, as well as a very...
, nicknamed Punter, an Australian cricketer - A British, Australian and Hiberno (Irish) English colloquial term for a paying guest or customer, especially
- a patron of a public housePublic houseA public house, informally known as a pub, is a drinking establishment fundamental to the culture of Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. There are approximately 53,500 public houses in the United Kingdom. This number has been declining every year, so that nearly half of the smaller...
- a patron of a brothelBrothelBrothels are business establishments where patrons can engage in sexual activities with prostitutes. Brothels are known under a variety of names, including bordello, cathouse, knocking shop, whorehouse, strumpet house, sporting house, house of ill repute, house of prostitution, and bawdy house...
- a customer of a prostitute
- a patron of a public house
- Eddy GrovesEddy GrovesEdmund Stuart "Eddy" Groves is an Australian businessman, founder and former Chief Executive Officer of ABC Learning, once one of Australia's largest companies and one of the world's biggest childcare providers prior to going into administration.-Early life:Eddy Groves was born in Durban, South...
, an Australian businessman - Punter (ship), a Dutch flatbottom ship type
See also
- Australian and New Zealand punting glossaryAustralian and New Zealand punting glossaryThe Australian and New Zealand punting glossary explains some of the terms, jargon and slang which are commonly used and heard on Australian and New Zealand racecourses, in TABs, on radio, and in the horse racing media...
- Punta (disambiguation)Punta (disambiguation)Punta may refer to:*Punta, a form of Central American Garinagu music*Punta rock, a rock version of Punta music*The modern name of Actium, an ancient town in western Greece* Punta , a genus of grass skipper butterfly...