wager
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Is wager a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of wager?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (law) 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.Examples: "Besides these Plates, the Wagers may be as the Persons please among themselves, but the Horses must be evidenced by good Testimonies to have been bred in Ireland."; "If any atheist can stake his soul for a wager against such an inexhaustible disproportion, let him never hereafter accuse others of credulity."
2. (law) An offer to make oath.
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To bet something; to put it up as collateral.Examples: "I'd wager my boots on it."transitive
2. (intransitive, figuratively) To suppose; to dare say.Examples: "I'll wager that Johnson knows something about all this."Synonyms: lay oddsfigurativelyintransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary