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1. (n.) wager
something risked or staked on an uncertain event; bet.
2. wager
the act of betting.
3. wager
the subject or terms of a bet.
4. (v.t.) wager
to risk (something) on the outcome of a contest, event, etc.; bet.
5. wager
Hist. to pledge oneself to (battle) for the decision of a cause.
6. (v.i.) wager
to make or offer a wager; bet.
Etymology: (1275–1325; ME wajour, wager solemn pledge < AF wageure=wage(r) to pledge (see wage ) +-ure -ure)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) bet, wager
the act of gambling
"he did it on a bet"
2. (verb) stake, stakes, bet, wager
the money risked on a gamble
3. (verb) bet, wager, play
stake on the outcome of an issue
"I bet $100 on that new horse"; "She played all her money on the dark horse"
4. (verb) bet, wager
maintain with or as if with a bet
"I bet she will be there!"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) wager
something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge
2. (verb) wager
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
3. (verb) wager
that on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet
4. (verb) wager
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
5. (verb) wager
to make a bet; to lay a wager
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Sense: a bet
We made a wager that he would win.
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 Afrikaans: weddenskap |
 Arabic: رِهان |
 Bulgarian: бас |
 Brazilian: aposta |
 Czech: sázka |
 German: die Wette |
 Danish: væddemål |
 Greek: στοίχημα |
 Spanish: apuesta |
 Estonian: kihlvedu |
 Farsi: شرط |
 Finnish: veto |
 French: pari |
 Hebrew: הִימוּר |
 Hindi: बाजी |
 Croatian: oklada |
 Hungarian: fogadás |
 Indonesian: taruhan |
 Icelandic: veðmál |
 Italian: scommessa |
 Japanese: 賭け |
 Korean: 내기 |
 Lithuanian: lažybos |
 Latvian: derības |
 Malay: pertaruhan |
 Dutch: weddenschap |
 Norwegian: veddemål |
 Polish: zakład |
 Persian: شرط |
 Pashto: داو، شرط، داو وهنه، شرط ت |
 Portuguese: aposta |
 Romanian: pariu |
 Russian: пари |
 Slovak: stávka |
 Slovenian: stava |
 Serbian: opklada |
 Swedish: vad |
 Thai: การพนัน |
 Turkish: bahis |
 Taiwanese: 賭注 |
 Ukrainian: заклад, парі |
 Urdu: شرط |
 Vietnamese: sự cá cược |
 Chinese: 赌注 |
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