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noun 
  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: 
  • French: pari
    (trans-mid)
  • Italian: evento su cui si scommette (see: scommettere)
  • Spanish: apuesta (f)
    (trans-bottom) (trans-top, an agreement)
  • Dutch: inzet
verb to wager
  1. To put something up as collateral
Translations: 
  • Dutch: wedden, weddenschap afsluiten, verwedden
  • French: parier
  • Spanish: apuesta (f), apostar (verb)
Etymology: From wageure, from wagier "to pledge".


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