transitive. To stake or wager in a game; to gamble. Also figurative. Now rare.

transitive. To risk losing (something) in a game of chance; to stake, wager (something); to expose (something) to hazard or risk in an attempt to…

To put down, stake (money) on a game.

transitive. to stake down: to deposit (a sum of money) as a wager or stake on the result of a game or contest. Also absol.

transitive. To stake, hazard. (In quot. figurative.) Obsolete. rare.

To put at hazard (a sum of money, an article of value, etc.) upon the cast of dice, the result of a competition or game, the event of a contingency…

transitive. To bet, wager (a sum of money, or other stake). Also more generally: to expose (something valuable) to risk or danger in the hope of…

transitive. To bet or lose (money) in gambling.

transitive and intransitive. Cards. To put (a chip or sum of money) into play; to stake (a chip or sum of money); = to chip in 2a. Now rare.

Cards. transitive. To put (a chip or sum of money) into play, esp. as a means of entering into a game; to stake (a chip or sum of money).