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Definition of Wager

1. Verb. Stake on the outcome of an issue. "They wager the money "; "She played all her money on the dark horse"

2. Noun. The act of gambling. "He did it on a bet"

3. Verb. Maintain with or as if with a bet. "I bet she will be there!"

4. Noun. The money risked on a gamble.

Definition of Wager

1. n. Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge.

2. 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.

3. v. i. To make a bet; to lay a wager.

4. n. Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge.

5. 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.

6. v. i. To make a bet; to lay a wager.

Definition of Wager

1. Noun. Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge. ¹

2. Noun. 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. ¹

3. Noun. That on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To bet something; to put it up as collateral ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive figuratively) To daresay. ¹

6. Noun. Agent noun of wage; one who wages. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Wager

1. to risk on an uncertain outcome [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Wager

wage freeze wage hike wage increase wage scale wage schedule wage setter wage slave wage slaves waged wagel

wageless wagelessness wagemen wagenboom wagenbooms wager (current term) wagerable wagered wagerer wagerers

wagering wagers wages wageworker wageworkers wagge wagged waggel waggels wagger

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