English Dictionary

wager

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈweɪd͡ʒɚ/

名詞

Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge. / That on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet.

日本語の意味

賭け（賭博で掛ける行為またはその対象） / 賭け金（賭けに出された金額や財産） / 賭け事（ギャンブルとしての賭け行為、またはその対象）

He placed a large wager on the underdog despite the odds.

彼は不利なオッズにもかかわらず、アンダードッグに大きな賭け金をかけた。

意味（1）

Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge.

This thicket was a singular, an exceedingly singular one. It was unusually dense. Within its naturally walled enclosure were three extraordinary stones, forming a seat with a back and footstool.… , whose boys were in the habit of closely examining the shrubberies about them in search of the bark of the sassafras. Would it be a rash wager – a wager of one thousand to one – that a day never passed over the heads of these boys without finding at least one of them ensconced in the umbrageous hall, and enthroned upon its natural throne? Those who would hesitate at such a wager, have either never been boys themselves, or have forgotten the boyish nature.

意味（2）

That on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet.

意味（3）

(law) A contract by which two parties or more agree that a certain sum of money, or other thing, shall be paid or delivered to one of them, on the happening or not happening of an uncertain event.

Besides these Plates, the Wagers may be as the Persons please among themselves, but the Horses must be evidenced by good Testimonies to have been bred in Ireland.

意味（4）

(law) An offer to make oath.

wagers （ plural ）