Definitions for monte
ˈmɒn timonte

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1. monte, four-card monte, three-card monte(noun)

   a gambling card game of Spanish origin; 3 or 4 cards are dealt face up and players bet that one of them will be matched before the others as the cards are dealt from the pack one at a time

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1. monte(Noun)

   a game in which 3 or 4 cards are dealt face-up and players bet which of them will first be matched in suit by others dealt

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1. Monte(noun)

   a favorite gambling game among Spaniards, played with dice or cards

Origin: [Sp., lit., mountain, hence, the stock of cards remaining after laying out a certain number, fr. L. mons, montis, mountain.]

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1. Monte

   Monte is a civil parish in the municipality and a suburb of Funchal in the Portuguese archipelago of Madeira. Locally, the parish is also known as Nossa Senhora do Monte. Its population in 2001 was just over 7,444 inhabitants living in an area of approximately 18.59 km². Monte is located a few kilometres east of Funchal and is near the road linking Funchal and Faial. Monte is between 600 and 800 m above sea level.

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1. Monte

   mon′te, n. a shrubby tract, a forest: a Spanish-American gambling game, played with a pack of forty cards.—Three-card monte, a Mexican gambling game, played with three cards, one usually a court-card. [Sp., 'a hill'—L. mons, montis, a mountain.]

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1. mento, Monet

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of monte in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of monte in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of monte in a Sentence

1. Nicolas Veron:

   Clearly the Bank of Italy overestimated the strength of Monte dei Paschi at the time.

2. Bruce Klingner:

   Trying to target North Korean mobile nuclear missiles in a crisis is like trying to win three-card monte on a New York street corner.

3. Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi:

   Monte dei Paschi is trading at an incredible price, i'd really like the solution (for the bank) to be Italian but whoever comes along will get a great bargain.

4. Kei Nishikori:

   I'm trying to keep my head up, claycourt season is coming. It's a completely new season. I'll try to have good practice, two more weeks, and be ready for Monte Carlo.

5. Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi:

   These two important institutions have been in the process of reform for some time, i imagine that Banca Carige and Monte dei Paschi have an important future ahead of them.

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