| 单词 | wager |
| 释义 | wager (once / 1042 pages) nv To wager is to bet: you might say to your fellow train passengers, "I'll wager ten dollars that we won't get to Chicago on time." You can use the word wager as either a noun or a verb, to mean "place a bet" or "the amount of money being risked in a bet." So you could offer a wager at the poker table, or ask if anyone wants to wager on Monday's football game. Either way you use it, wager is a Middle English word that comes from the Old North French wage, "to pledge." WORD FAMILYwager: wagered, wagerer, wagering, wagers+/wagerer: wagerers USAGE EXAMPLESAll they really want, he adds, is a slice of the estimated $95 billion in annual money wagered mostly illegally on sports in this country. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) And unlike Ford, they are largely wagering with other people’s money. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) Therein lies the magic and mystery of one of the most misunderstood wagers: the show bet. Los Angeles Times(Dec 23, 2016) 1n the act of gambling Syn|Hypo|Hyper bet daily double a single bet on two horse races in the same day exacta, perfectaa bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order parimutuelbetting where winners share the total amount wagered parlaya series of wagers in which the winnings from one wager are used as a stake for the subsequent wagers place beta bet that a horse will finish a race no worse than second superfectaa bet that you can pick the first four finishers in a race in the right order gambling, gaming, play the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize) 2n the money risked on a gamble Syn|Hypo|Hyper bet, stake, stakes jackpot, kitty, pot the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker) ante(poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot kitty, poolthe combined stakes of the betters gamble money that is risked for possible monetary gain 3v maintain with or as if with a bet Syn|Hyper bet anticipate, call, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise make a prediction about; tell in advance 4v stake on the outcome of an issue Syn|Hypo|Hyper bet, play play make bets back, bet on, gage, game, punt, stake place a bet on playmake bets raisebet more than the previous player seematch or meet anteplace one's stake double up, parlaystake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager gamble play games for money |
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