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Category:Betting
English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-wager.ogg|Audio (US)

:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪd��(r)|-eɪd��(r)

Etymology
From AF. wageure, from OF. wagier "to pledge".

Noun
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1. Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge.
2. 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.
3. That on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet.

Translations
trans-top|a stake; a pledge
French: mise f
Italian: posta (f); puntata (f)
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Spanish: apuesta (f)
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trans-top|an agreement
Dutch: weddenschap f
French: pari m
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Italian: scommessa (f)
Polish: zak�ad m
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trans-top|the subject of a bet
Dutch: inzet m
Italian: evento su cui si scommette (see: scommettere)
Spanish apuesta (f)
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Verb
to wager

1. To put something up as collateral

Translations

Dutch: wedden, weddenschap afsluiten, verwedden
French: parier
Spanish: apuesta (f), apostar (verb)

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