wager

• action
• adventure
• ante
• bet
• bid
• challenge
• chance
• chunk
• collateral
• endanger
• fifty-fifty
• fighting chance
• flyer
• gamble
• game
• go
• handle
• hazard
• hedge
• hunch
• hustle
• imperil
• jackpot
• jeopardize
• kitty
• lay
• lay a wager
• long shot
• odds-on
• offer
• outside chance
• parlay
• play
• play the market
• pledge
• plunge
• pool
• pot
• put
• put on
• put on the line
• put up
• risk
• set
• shoot
• shoot the works
• spec
• speculate
• stake
• take action
• toss-up
• venture

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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. That on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet.
  3. 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.
  4. An offer to make oath.
  5. Agent noun of wage; one who wages.
• verb
  1. To bet something; to put it up as collateral.
  2. To suppose; to dare say.

• Wager wisely, as your decision will determine the outcome of the bet.
• I'll wager that you can't guess the number I'm thinking of.
• Before the game, they agreed to a friendly wager on the outcome.
• Wager only what you can afford to lose when engaging in games of chance.
• Despite the odds, he decided to wager on the underdog in the championship match.

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