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Wager :: Wager (v. t.) Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge..

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..

Set :: Set (n.) That which is staked; a wager; a venture; a stake; hence, a game at venture..

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..

Bet :: Bet (v. t.) To stake or pledge upon the event of a contingent issue; to wager.

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..

Wager :: 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..

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

Wager :: Wager (v. i.) To make a bet; to lay a wager.

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..

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

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

Lay :: Lay (v. t.) A wager.

Revie :: Revie (v. t.) To meet a wager on, as on the taking of a trick, with a higher wager..

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..

Depone :: Depone (v. t.) To lay, as a stake; to wager..

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

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

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

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