Wager

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An agreement under which each bettor pledges a certain amount to the other depending on the outcome of an unsettled matter.
  • n. A matter bet on; a gamble.
  • n. Something staked on an uncertain outcome; a bet. See Synonyms at bet.
  • n. Archaic A pledge of personal combat to resolve an issue or case.
  • v. To risk or stake (an amount or a possession) on an uncertain outcome; bet.
  • verb-intransitive. To make a bet.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge.
  • n. A contract by which two parties or more agree that a certain sum of money, or other thing, shall be paid or delivered to one of them, on the happening or not happening of an uncertain event.
  • n. That on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet.
  • v. To bet something; to put it up as collateral
  • v. To daresay.
  • n. Agent noun of wage; one who wages.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge.
  • n. A contract by which two parties or more agree that a certain sum of money, or other thing, shall be paid or delivered to one of them, on the happening or not happening of an uncertain event.
  • n. That on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet.
  • v. To hazard on the issue of a contest, or on some question that is to be decided, or on some eventuality; to lay; to stake; to bet.
  • verb-intransitive. To make a bet; to lay a wager.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A pledge; a gage; a guaranty.
  • n. Something hazarded on an uncertain event; a Stake.
  • n. The act of betting; a bet.
  • n. That on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet.
  • n. In old English law, an offer to make oath of innocence or non-indebtedness; also, the act of making such oath, the oaths of eleven compurgators being conjoined as fortifying the defendant's oath.
  • To hazard on the issue of a contest, or on some question that is to be decided, or on some casualty; bet; lay; stake.
  • To make a wager on; bet on: followed by a clause as object: as, I wager you are wrong.
  • To make a bet; offer a wager.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the money risked on a gamble
  • v. maintain with or as if with a bet
  • n. the act of gambling
  • v. stake on the outcome of an issue
  • Equivalent
    Verb Form
    wagered    wagering    wagers   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    call    foretell    anticipate    predict    prognosticate    forebode    promise   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    wagered    wagering   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bet    stake    pledge    lay    gamble    plunge    punt    risk    set    go   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Major    ager    gauger    major    pager    stager    yager   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bet    outlay    gamble    undertake    rivalry