wager
- Noun. Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge.
- Noun. 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.
- Noun. That on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet.
- Verb. To put something up as collateral.
- Noun. Agent noun of wage; one who wages.
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