- to bet or gamble (an original amount and its winnings) on a subsequent race, contest, etc.
- to use (one's money, talent, or other assets) to achieve a desired objective, as spectacular wealth or success: He parlayed a modest inheritance into a fortune.
- a bet of an original sum and the subsequent winnings.
- to stake (winnings from one bet) on a subsequent wager
- to exploit (one's talent) to achieve worldly success
- a bet in which winnings from one wager are staked on another, or a series of such bets