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Look up: Wager

  1. Wager
    A bet, any bet!
    Found on http://www.jackpot.co.uk/gambling-glossa

  2. wager
    an insurance policy under which the insured contract has no bona fide insurable interest and no reasonable expectation of acquiring one Category: Insurance
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  3. Wager
    Wa'ger noun [ Middle English wager , wajour , Old French wagiere , or wageure , English gageure . See Wage , transitive verb ] 1. Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge. « Besides these plates for horse races, the wagers may be as the ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/2

  4. Wager
    Wa'ger transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Wagered ; present participle & verbal noun Wagering .] 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. « And wagered with him Pieces of gold 'gainst this which he wore.» Shak.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/2

  5. Wager
    Wa'ger intransitive verb To make a bet; to lay a wager. « 'T was merry when You wagered on your angling.» Shak.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/2

  6. Wager
    Wa'ger noun -- Wagering, or gambling , contract . A contract which is of the nature of wager. Contracts of this nature include various common forms of valid commercial contracts, as contracts of insurance, contracts dealing in futures, options, etc. Other wagering contracts and bets are now generally made illegal by statute against betting and gambling, and wagering has in many case ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/2

  7. Wager
    `Wager` can refer to: * Gambling * A scientific wager * A legal wager under the Roman legal system
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wager

  8. Wager
    • (v. t.) That on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet. • (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. • (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...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  9. wager
    1. the act of gambling
    2. the money risked on a gamble

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