wager
21wager — wa|ger1 [ˈweıdʒə US ər] n old fashioned [Date: 1300 1400; : Anglo French; Origin: wageure, from Old North French wagier; WAGE2] an agreement in which you win or lose money according to the result of something such as a race = ↑bet wager 2 wager2… …
22wager — wa|ger1 [ weıdʒər ] noun count an agreement to win or lose an amount of money depending on the result of a competition or other event: BET wager wa|ger 2 [ weıdʒər ] verb transitive to agree to win or lose an amount of money depending on the… …
23wager — 1 noun (C) old fashioned an agreement in which you win or lose money according to the result of something such as a race bet 2 (1) 2 verb (T) old fashioned 1 to agree to win or lose an amount of money on the result of something such as a race:… …
24wager — n. & v.tr. & intr. = BET. Phrases and idioms: wager of battle hist. an ancient form of trial by personal combat between the parties or their champions. wager of law hist. a form of trial in which the defendant was required to produce witnesses… …
25wager — 1. noun a wager of $100 Syn: bet, gamble, speculation; stake, pledge, ante 2. verb I ll wager ten bucks on the home team Syn: bet, gamble, lay odds, put money on; stake, pledge, risk, venture …
26wager — wa•ger [[t]ˈweɪ dʒər[/t]] n. 1) something risked or staked on an uncertain event; bet 2) the act of betting 3) the subject or terms of a bet 4) to risk (something) on the outcome of a contest, event, etc.; bet 5) Hist. to pledge oneself to… …
27wager — 1. noun a) Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge. They were wagers of warfare against the wilderness and the Indians, and founders of families and towns. b) A contract… …
28wager — See gamble. See gamble, wager, bet …
29wager — Synonyms and related words: adventure, ante, ante up, back, bet, bet on, blind bargain, book, borderline case, call, chance, chance it, chunk, contingency, cover, double contingency, fade, gamble, gamble on, game, guess, handbook, hazard, lay,… …
30wager — noun & verb more formal term for bet. Origin ME (also in the sense solemn pledge ): from Anglo Norman Fr. wageure, from wager to wage …
