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Wager
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(1):
(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.
(2):
(v. t.) Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge.
(3):
(v. t.) That on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet.
(4):
(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.
(5):
(v. i.) To make a bet; to lay a wager.
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Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Wager'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/w/wager.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Wager'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/w/wager.html. 1828.
