Definition of wager

noun (n)

• the act of gambling (noun.act)

  Synonym: bet
  

  source: wordnet30
• the money risked on a gamble (noun.possession)

  Synonym: bet, stake, stakes
  

  source: wordnet30
• Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• stake on the outcome of an issue (verb.competition)

  Synonym: bet, play
  

  source: wordnet30
• maintain with or as if with a bet (verb.communication)

  source: wordnet30
• 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. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To make a bet; to lay a wager. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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