Dictionary Definition
wager
Noun
1 the act of gambling; "he did it on a bet" [syn:
bet]
Verb
1 stake on the outcome of an issue; "I bet $100
on that new horse"; "She played all her money on the dark horse"
[syn: bet, play]
2 maintain with or as if with a bet; "I bet she
will be there!" [syn: bet]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -eɪdʒə(r)
Noun
- Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge.
- 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.
- That on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet.
Translations
an agreement
- Dutch: weddenschap
- French: pari
- Italian: scommessa (f)
- Polish: zakład
the subject of a bet
- Dutch: inzet
- Italian: evento su cui si scommette (see: scommettere)
- Spanish apuesta (f)
Verb
- To put something up as collateral
Translations
Extensive Definition
Wager can refer to:
- Gambling
- A scientific wager
- A legal wager under the Roman legal system
Surname
- Charles Wager (1666 - 1743), British Admiral
- Gregg Wager (born September 16, 1958), American composer
- Harold Wager (11 March 1862 - 17 November 1929), British botanist
- Lawrence Wager (5 February 1904 - 30 November 1965), British geologist, explorer and mountaineer
- Michael Wager (born Emanuel Weisgal 29 April 1925), American actor
- Tor Wager, Scientist from Columbia University, famous for mapping emotions on the brain
- Walter Herman Wager (September 4, 1924—July 11, 2004), American novelist
Synonyms, Antonyms 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, lay a wager, lay down, make a
bet, meet a bet, open question, parlay, pass, piece of guesswork, play, play against, plunge, pot, punt, put on, question, rely on fortune,
risk, run a chance, run the
risk, see, set, set at hazard, shot, sight-unseen transaction,
stake, stand pat, take a
chance, take a flier, take chances, tempt fortune, toss-up, touch
and go, trust to chance, try the chance, undecided issue, venture