Wager

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vi To make a bet; to lay a wager.

II. Wager ·vt That on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet.

III. Wager ·vt Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge.

IV. Wager ·vt 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.

V. Wager ·vt 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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