gaming
/ˈɡeɪmɪŋ/ noun [U]Definition
› the activity of risking money in games of chance, for example, cards: gaming machines/tables gaming industry/laws/business Gamblers in the city have access to the casino any time of day or night after it applied for a 24-hour gaming licence.
› the activity of playing computer games (= games in which the player controls moving pictures on a screen by pressing buttons): He spends most of his weekends gaming. The film company has invested heavily in the growing gaming business.
(Definition of gaming noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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