wager

Noun
  1. The act of gambling (synset 100507669)
    "he did it on a bet"
    is a type 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)
    subtypes:
    • 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
    same as: bet
  2. The money risked on a gamble (synset 113364541)
    is a type of: gamble - money that is risked for possible monetary gain
    subtypes:
    • 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, pool - the combined stakes of the betters
    is a part of: pool - any communal combination of funds
    same as: bet, stake, stakes
Verb
  1. Stake on the outcome of an issue (synset 201158153)
    "I bet $100 on that new horse"; "She played all her money on the dark horse"
    is a type of: gamble - play games for money
    subtypes:
    same as: bet, play
    verb group: play - make bets
  2. Maintain with or as if with a bet (synset 200920551)
    "I bet she will be there!"
    is a type of: anticipate, call, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise - make a prediction about; tell in advance
    same as: bet

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