Definition of wager

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Wager (v. t.) Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge..

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Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To deposit, as a wager; to stake; to risk..
Dowagerism :: Dowagerism (n.) The rank or condition of a dowager; formality, as that of a dowager. Also used figuratively..
Wage :: Wage (v. t.) To pledge; to hazard on the event of a contest; to stake; to bet, to lay; to wager; as, to wage a dollar..
Dowager :: Dowager (n.) A widow endowed, or having a jointure; a widow who either enjoys a dower from her deceased husband, or has property of her own brought by her to her husband on marriage, and settled on her after his decease..
Lay :: Lay (v. t.) A wager.
Split :: Split (n.) the division by a player of one hand of blackjack into two hands, allowed when the first two cards dealt to a player have the same value; the player is usually obliged to increase the amount wagered by placing a sum equal to the original bet on the new hand thus created..
Impone :: Impone (v. t.) To stake; to wager; to pledge.
Vie :: Vie (v. t.) To stake; to wager.
Compurgator :: Compurgator (n.) One who bears testimony or swears to the veracity or innocence of another. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager..
Wager :: Wager (v. t.) Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge..
Play :: Play (v. t.) To engage in, or go together with, as a contest for amusement or for a wager or prize; as, to play a game at baseball..
Revie :: Revie (v. t.) To meet a wager on, as on the taking of a trick, with a higher wager..
Set :: Set (v. t.) To stake at play; to wager; to risk.
Battel :: Battel (n.) A single combat; as, trial by battel. See Wager of battel, under Wager..
Compurgation :: Compurgation (v. t.) The act or practice of justifying or confirming a man's veracity by the oath of others; -- called also wager of law. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager..
Thimblerig :: Thimblerig (v. t.) To swindle by means of small cups or thimbles, and a pea or small ball placed under one of them and quickly shifted to another, the victim laying a wager that he knows under which cup it is; hence, to cheat by any trick..
Wager :: Wager (v. t.) That on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet.
Wagering :: Wagering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wage.
Better :: Better (n.) One who bets or lays a wager.
Revie :: Revie (v. i.) To exceed an adversary's wager in card playing.
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