Look up: Wager

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   Wager
   A bet, any bet!
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   wager
   an insurance policy under which the insured contract has no bona fide insurable interest and no reasonable expectation of acquiring one Category: Insurance
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   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 …
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   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.
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   Wager
   Wa'ger intransitive verb To make a bet; to lay a wager. « 'T was merry when You wagered on your angling.» Shak.
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   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 …
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   Wager
   `Wager` can refer to: * Gambling * A scientific wager * A legal wager under the Roman legal system
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   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...
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   Wager
   HMS Wager was a British Wager Class destroyer of 1710 tons displacement launched in 1943. HMS Wager was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 34 knots. She carried a complement of 186 and was armed with four 4.7 inch guns; four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; four 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and four depth charge throwers.
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    wager
    
    1. the act of gambling
    2. the money risked on a gamble
    
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    Wager
    A wager is a bet; 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. The law does not prohibit all wagers. To restrain wagers within the bounds of justice the following conditions must be observed: 1. Each ...
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