Usually means: Turned initial success into more.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. parlayed: Merriam-Webster
  2. parlayed: Collins English Dictionary
  3. parlayed: Vocabulary.com
  4. parlayed: Wordnik
  5. parlayed: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. parlayed: Wiktionary
  7. parlayed: Dictionary.com
  8. parlayed: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. parlayed: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. parlayed: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (parlay)

verb:  (ambitransitive, gambling) To carry forward the stake and winnings from a bet on to a subsequent wager or series of wagers.
verb:  (transitive, by extension) To increase (an asset, money, etc.) by gambling or investing in a daring manner.
verb:  (transitive, by extension, generally) To convert (a situation, thing, etc.) into something better.
noun:  (originally US, gambling) A bet or series of bets where the stake and winnings are cumulatively carried forward; an accumulator.
verb:  (intransitive) Alternative spelling of parley (“to have a discussion, especially one between enemies”) [(intransitive) To have a discussion, especially one between enemies.]
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