wager

noun

An agreement under which each bettor pledges a certain amount to the other depending on the outcome of an unsettled matter.

noun

A matter bet on; a gamble.

noun

Something that is staked on an uncertain outcome; a bet.

noun

A pledge of personal combat to resolve an issue or case.

intransitive verb

To risk or stake (an amount or possession) on an uncertain outcome; bet.

intransitive verb

To make a bet.

To hazard on the issue of a contest, or on some question that is to be decided, or on some casualty; bet; lay; stake.

To make a wager on; bet on: followed by a clause as object: as, I wager you are wrong.

To make a bet; offer a wager.