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Definition of wager

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Wager (v. t.) 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..

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Battel :: Battel (n.) A single combat; as, trial by battel. See Wager of battel, under Wager..

Wagered :: Wagered (imp. & p. p.) of Wage.

Revie :: Revie (v. i.) To exceed an adversary's wager in card playing.

Pawn :: Pawn (v. t.) To pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; to stake; to risk; to wager; to hazard.

Gaming :: Gaming (n.) The act or practice of playing games for stakes or wagers; gambling.

Compurgator :: Compurgator (n.) One who bears testimony or swears to the veracity or innocence of another. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager..

Go :: Go (v. t.) To bet or wager; as, I'll go you a shilling..

Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To deposit, as a wager; to stake; to risk..

Ley :: Ley (v. t. & i.) To lay; to wager.

Wagering :: Wagering (a.) Hazarding; pertaining to the act of one who wagers.

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..

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..

Vie :: Vie (n.) A contest for superiority; competition; rivalry; strife; also, a challenge; a wager..

Dowagerism :: Dowagerism (n.) The rank or condition of a dowager; formality, as that of a dowager. Also used figuratively..

Pawn :: Pawn (n.) A stake hazarded in a wager.

Better :: Better (n.) One who bets or lays a wager.

Hedge :: Hedge (v. i.) To reduce the risk of a wager by making a bet against the side or chance one has bet on.

Stake :: Stake (v. t.) To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a future contingency; to wager; to pledge..

Plank :: Plank (v. t.) To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash; as, to plank money in a 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..