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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Staktometer :: Stakeholder (n.) The holder of a stake; one with whom the bets are deposited when a wager is laid.
Revie :: Revie (v. i.) To exceed an adversary's wager in card playing.
Bet :: Bet (v. t.) To stake or pledge upon the event of a contingent issue; to 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..
Revie :: Revie (v. t.) To meet a wager on, as on the taking of a trick, with a higher wager..
Set :: Set (n.) That which is staked; a wager; a venture; a stake; hence, a game at venture..
Staked :: Stake (v. t.) That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
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..
Impone :: Impone (v. t.) To stake; to wager; to pledge.
Battel :: Battel (n.) A single combat; as, trial by battel. See Wager of battel, under Wager..
Wager :: Wager (v. i.) To make a bet; to lay a wager.
Wagered :: Wagered (imp. & p. p.) of Wage.
Better :: Better (n.) One who bets or lays a wager.
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..
Wagering :: Wagering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wage.
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..
Stake :: Stake (v. t.) To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a future contingency; to wager; to pledge..
Wagering :: Wagering (a.) Hazarding; pertaining to the act of one who wagers.
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..
Hedge :: Hedge (v. i.) To reduce the risk of a wager by making a bet against the side or chance one has bet on.
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