单词 | to lay, win, lose a wager |
释义 | > as lemmasto lay, win, lose a wager a. Something (esp. a sum of money) laid down and hazarded on the issue of an uncertain event; a stake. Now rare except in to lay, win, lose a wager. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > stake wager1303 wedc1330 wed-feec1475 stake1540 lay1584 lake1636 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 5596 A waiour dar y wyth ȝow ley, Þat y shal haue some gode at hym. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 513/2 Wayoure, vadium, vadimonium. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 192 For a waiour I schal gon & askyn almes of Perys tollere... þe waiour was leyde. a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 227 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 306 Ne waiour non with hym þou lay. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) liii. 180 As for the wager that I sholde wyn therby, I am content to relese it quyte. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) v. ii. 72 Hort. Content, what's the wager? Luc. Twentie crownes. View more context for this quotation 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 78 They never play at Dice, seldome at Cardes, and that for small wagers. 1682 O. Heywood Autobiogr., Diaries, Anecd. & Event Bks. (1881) II. 295 Several Lords laid wagers which could out swear one another. 1691 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 207 They being grown so bold and insolent as to offer wagers that Cork will be out of our possession by the last of May. 1702 Lond. Post 7–9 Sept. 2/1 Great Wagers are laid in this City, that Cadix is already in our Hands. 1722 N. Blundell Diary (1895) 191 I layed a Waiger, and Mr. Jo. Poole held the stakes. 1758 S. Johnson Idler 20 May 49 By this performance, She won her wager. 1817 W. Selwyn Abridgem. Law Nisi Prius (ed. 4) II. 1296 It may be proper to state in what cases an action will lie for enforcing the payment of a wager. 1818 Ld. Byron Beppo xxvii. 14 Most men..Will back their own opinions by a wager. 1842 R. H. Barham Black Mousquetaire in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 20 The Captains and Majors Began to lay wagers How far the Ghost part of the story was true. 1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes I. vi. 221 There was a fire last night, there are two to-night, and you may lay an even wager there will be at least one, to-morrow. 1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 117/1 I won the match, and beat the dog by four minutes. The wager was five shillings, which I had. 1867 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood I. vii. 198 He would go down the underground stair..for the wager of a guinea. < as lemmas |
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