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- Wager - v. t. - Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge.
- Wager - v. t. - 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.
- Wager - v. t. - That on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet.
- Wager - v. t. - 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.
- Wager - v. i. - To make a bet; to lay a wager.
- Wagered - imp. & p. p. - of Wager
- Wagerer - n. - One who wagers, or lays a bet.
- Wagering - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Wager
- Wagering - a. - Hazarding; pertaining to the act of one who wagers.
- Compurgator - n. - One who bears testimony or swears to the veracity or innocence of another. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager.
- Battel - n. - A single combat; as, trial by battel. See Wager of battel, under Wager.
- Revie - v. t. - To meet a wager on, as on the taking of a trick, with a higher wager.
- Hedge - v. i. - To reduce the risk of a wager by making a bet against the side or chance one has bet on.
- Stakeholder - n. - The holder of a stake; one with whom the bets are deposited when a wager is laid.
- Thimblerig - v. t. - To swindle by means of small cups or thimbles, and a pea or small ball placed under one of them and quickly shifted to another, the victim laying a wager that he knows under which cup it is; hence, to cheat by any trick.
- Play - v. t. - To engage in, or go together with, as a contest for amusement or for a wager or prize; as, to play a game at baseball.
- Compurgation - v. t. - The act or practice of justifying or confirming a man's veracity by the oath of others; -- called also wager of law. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager.
- Revie - v. i. - To exceed an adversary's wager in card playing.