Definition of wager

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Wager (v. t.) To hazard on the issue of a contest, or on some question that is to be decided, or on some casualty; to lay; to stake; to bet..

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Staked :: Stake (v. t.) That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
Wager :: 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..
Ley :: Ley (v. t. & i.) To lay; to wager.
Go :: Go (v. t.) To bet or wager; as, I'll go you a shilling..
Dowagerism :: Dowagerism (n.) The rank or condition of a dowager; formality, as that of a dowager. Also used figuratively..
Vie :: Vie (n.) A contest for superiority; competition; rivalry; strife; also, a challenge; a wager..
Stake :: Stake (v. t.) To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a future contingency; to wager; to pledge..
Wager :: Wager (v. i.) To make a bet; to lay a wager.
Set :: Set (n.) That which is staked; a wager; a venture; a stake; hence, a game at venture..
Set :: Set (v. t.) To stake at play; to wager; to risk.
Bet :: Bet (n.) That which is laid, staked, or pledged, as between two parties, upon the event of a contest or any contingent issue; the act of giving such a pledge; a wager..
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.
Depone :: Depone (v. t.) To lay, as a stake; to wager..
Dowager :: Dowager (n.) A title given in England to a widow, to distinguish her from the wife of her husband's heir bearing the same name; -- chiefly applied to widows of personages of rank..
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..
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..
Revie :: Revie (v. i.) To exceed an adversary's wager in card playing.
Wagering :: Wagering (a.) Hazarding; pertaining to the act of one who wagers.
Pawn :: Pawn (n.) A stake hazarded in a wager.
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