WAGER

Pronunciation (US):

• WAGER (noun)
  The noun WAGER has 2 senses:

1. the act of gambling
2. the money risked on a gamble

  Familiarity information: WAGER used as a noun is rare.

• WAGER (verb)
  The verb WAGER has 2 senses:

1. stake on the outcome of an issue
2. maintain with or as if with a bet

  Familiarity information: WAGER used as a verb is rare.

• WAGER (noun)

Meaning:

The act of gambling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

wager; bet

Context example:

he did it on a bet

Hypernyms ("wager" is a kind of...):

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))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wager"):

daily double (a single bet on two horse races in the same day)

exacta; perfecta (a bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order)

parimutuel (betting where winners share the total amount wagered)

parlay (a series of wagers in which the winnings from one wager are used as a stake for the subsequent wagers)

place bet (a bet that a horse will finish a race no worse than second)

superfecta (a bet that you can pick the first four finishers in a race in the right order)

Meaning:

The money risked on a gamble

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

bet; stakes; wager; stake

Hypernyms ("wager" is a kind of...):

gamble (money that is risked for possible monetary gain)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wager"):

kitty; pool (the combined stakes of the betters)

ante ((poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot)

jackpot; kitty; pot (the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker))

Holonyms ("wager" is a part of...):

pool (any communal combination of funds)

• WAGER (verb)

Meaning:

Stake on the outcome of an issue

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

wager; bet; play

Context examples:

I bet $100 on that new horse / She played all her money on the dark horse

Hypernyms (to "wager" is one way to...):

gamble (play games for money)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wager"):

back; bet on; gage; game; punt; stake (place a bet on)

play (make bets)

raise (bet more than the previous player)

see (match or meet)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Meaning:

Maintain with or as if with a bet

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

bet; wager

Context example:

I bet she will be there!

Hypernyms (to "wager" is one way to...):

anticipate; call; forebode; foretell; predict; prognosticate; promise (make a prediction about; tell in advance)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s that CLAUSE