wager
11wager — *bet, stake, pot, ante …
12wager — I n. 1) to lay, make, place a wager on 2) a wager that + clause (she made a wager that her team would win) II v. 1) (D; intr., tr.) to wager on (did you wager much money on that horse?) 2) (O; can be used with one, two, or three objects) we… …
13wager — [[t]we͟ɪʤə(r)[/t]] wagers, wagering, wagered 1) VERB If you wager on the result of a horse race, football match, or other event, you give someone a sum of money which they give you back with extra money if the result is what you predicted, or… …
14wager — I UK [ˈweɪdʒə(r)] / US [ˈweɪdʒər] noun [countable] Word forms wager : singular wager plural wagers an agreement to win or lose an amount of money depending on the result of a competition or other event II UK [ˈweɪdʒə(r)] / US [ˈweɪdʒər] verb… …
15wager — {{11}}wager (n.) c.1300, from Anglo Fr. wageure, from O.N.Fr. wagier to pledge (see WAGE (Cf. wage) (n.)). {{12}}wager (v.) c.1600, from WAGER (Cf. wager) (n.). Related: Wagered; wagering …
16wager — I. noun Etymology: Middle English wageour pledge, bet, from Anglo French wageure, from *wager Date: 14th century 1. a. something (as a sum of money) risked on an uncertain event ; stake b. something on which bets are laid ; gamble < do a stunt …
17wager — wagerer, n. /way jeuhr/, n. 1. something risked or staked on an uncertain event; bet: to place a wager on a soccer match. 2. the act of betting. 3. the subject or terms of a bet. 4. Early Eng. Law. a pledge to make good one s cause by the… …
18Wager — Recorded as Wager and sometimes Wagger, this is apparently a surname of English origins. It is well recorded in the surviving church registers of the diocese of Greater London from at least Elizabethan times, and earlier in Yorkshire. There are a …
19Wager — Amtsnamen zu mhd. wжger, wager, wлger »Wäger, Waagmeister an der Stadtwaage«. Bei dem Nürnberger Beleg von a. 1316 Chunradus Wager aurifaber [Goldschmied] handelt es sich bereits um einen Familiennamen …
20Wäger — Amtsnamen zu mhd. wжger, wager, wлger »Wäger, Waagmeister an der Stadtwaage«. Bei dem Nürnberger Beleg von a. 1316 Chunradus Wager aurifaber [Goldschmied] handelt es sich bereits um einen Familiennamen …
