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1 укладати парі
agree to bet, agree to wager, bet, wager -
2 заключить пари
1) General subject: make a bet, place a bet2) Law: agree to bet, agree to wager -
3 συντίθημι
συντίθημι, used by Hom. only in [voice] Med., v. infr.:—[voice] Pass. (v. infr.), but σύγκειμαι is more freq. as [voice] Pass.:—A place or put together,τὴν οὐρὴν καὶ τὸν σπλῆνα.. συνθεὶς ὁμοῦ Hdt.2.47
, cf. 4.67;ὅπλα ἐν τῷ ναῷ X.HG2.3.20
;ἅπαντα εἰς ἕν E.IT 1016
;ἐν ὀλίγῳ πάντα Id.Supp. 1126
(lyr.);ὁ πρῶτος συνθεὶς εἰς ταὐτὸν τὰ δύο ταῦτα βιβλίδια Gal.15.109
; σ. ἱμάτια, opp. ἀνασείειν, fold them together, X. Oec.10.11; σ. σκέλη, opp. ἐκτείνειν, Id.Cyn.5.10; opp. διαιρεῖσθαι, Pl.Sph. 252b; σ. ἄρθρα στόματος close the lips, E.Cyc. 625; εἰς τὸ οὖλον ( αυλον cod.) σ. τὴν κόμην, = calamistrat, Gloss.:—[voice] Pass., τὸ συντίθεσθαι καθ' ὁντινοῦν τρόπον ῥῖγος οὐκ ἀγαθόν ἐστι any sort of combination of shivering (with other symptoms), Gal.16.746.2 technical uses,a Math., add together, of numbers, Hdt.3.95 ([voice] Pass.); τό τε ἀρχαῖον καὶ τὸ ἔργον principal and interest, D.27.17, cf. 29.30: Geom., of lines and figures, Archim.Spir.Praef., Papp.70.4.b Math. also, of the transformation of a ratio componendo, Arist. EN 1131b8 ([voice] Pass.), Euc.5.18,24 ([voice] Pass.).c Logic, combine the terms of a proposition, Arist.Metaph. 1012a4, 1024b19 ([voice] Pass.); also, use the fallacy of composition (cf.σύνθεσις 1.2e
), Id.Rh. 1401a24.d Rhet., accumulate, joined with ἐποικοδομεῖν (to form a climax), ib. 1365a16.e σ. λόγον make up an account, PHib.1.48.15 (iii B.C.).II put together constructively, so as to make a whole, πεντηκοντέρους καὶ τριήρεας (as a bridge) Hdt.7.36; λίθους, of builders, Th.4.4, IG42(1).103.59 (Epid., iv B.C.); πλίνθους, ξύλα, X.Mem.3.1.7, etc.;τὰ ὄστρακα IG42(1).121.82
(Epid., iv B.C.);τὰ κομισθέντα Sor. 2.64
;ἐκ τούτων τὰ μέγιστα.. συνθεὶς τοῦτον.. τὸν λόγον ποιήσομαι Hippias Eleus 6
D.; .2 construct, frame,τὸ θνητὸν γένος Pl.Ti. 69d
; ὁ συνθείς the creator, ib. 33d:—[voice] Pass., to be constructed, of the material universe, opp. διαλύεσθαι, Arist.Cael. 304b30.b σ. τι ἀπό τινος compose or make one thing of or from another, Hdt.4.23; ;ἐξ ὧν [συλλαβῶν] τὰ ὀνόματα συντίθενται Pl.Cra. 425a
, cf. 434a; ; εἴδωλον οὐρανοῦ ξυνθεῖσ' ἄπο (Reiske for ὕπο) E.Hel.34: metaph.,συντιθεὶς γέλων πολύν S.Aj. 303
; δυοῖν ἅμιλλαν ξ. strive for two things at once, E.El.95.3 construct or frame a story,συνθέντες λόγον Id.Ba. 297
, cf. Ar.Ra. 1052 (anap.), Pl.Phdr. 260b;οἱ τὰς τέχνας τῶν λόγων συντιθέντες Arist.Rh. 1354a12
; narrate in writing,τὰ Ἑλληνικά Th.1.97
, cf. 21; compose, σ. μύθους, ποίησιν, μελῳδίαν, ὄρχησιν, Pl.R. 377d, Phdr. 278c, Lg. 812d, 816c; ;ὁ τὴν ἐνθάδε συνθεὶς ἀνατομήν Gal.15.147
:—[voice] Pass., [tense] pf. συντέθειται ib.797;περὶ ὀλίγας οἰκίας αἱ.. τραγῳδίαι συντίθενται Arist.Po. 1453a19
.4 Math., of the synthesis of a geometrical problem, opp. ἀναλύω, Id.SE 175a28, Papp.648.13; συντεθήσεται τὸ πρόβλημα οὕτως the synthesis of the problem will proceed thus, Archim.Sph.Cyl.2.1, cf. Apollon. Perg.Con.1 Praef., 2.44, al.5 frame, devise, contrive, ὁ συνθεὶς τάδε the framer of this plot, S.OT 401, cf. Th.8.68;ἐξ ἐπιβουλῆς σ. ταῦτα Antipho 5.25
;σ. λόγους ψευδεῖς Id.6.9
;ψευδεῖς αἰτίας D.25.28
;τὴν κατηγορίαν And.1.6
, etc.; rarely in good sense,εὖ πρᾶγμα συντεθὲν ὄψεσθε D.18.144
.6 put together, take in, comprehend,παιδὸς μόρον A.Supp.65
(lyr.);ὄμνυ.. θεῶν συντιθεὶς ἅπαν γένος E.Med. 747
; , cf. Hec. 1184: ἐν βραχεῖ ξυνθεὶς λέγω putting things shortly together, speaking briefly, S.El. 673.III commit to a person's care, deliver to him for his own use or that of others, PMich.Zen.2.3,14 (iii B.C.), PCair.Zen.4.23, 6.11,64, 299.9, al. (iii B.C.);γνώριζε οὐχ ὑπάρχον παρ' ἡμῖν ἀργύριον τοσοῦτο ὥστε ἱκανὸν συνθεῖναι Πυρρίχῳ PMich.Zen.28.18
, cf. 32.7, PSI4.392.7, 5.524.3, 6.613.8, 7.862.1, PLille 15.3 (all iii B.C.); τινὶ ὀστᾶ, ἐπιστολάς, πλῆθος χρυσίου, etc., Plb.5.10.4, 8.17.4, 15.25.16, cf. 27.7.1, 28.22.3, IG12(5).590.12 (Ceos, ii B.C.), 11(4).1056.4 (Delos, ii B.C., cf. Jahresh.24.171), OGI345.11 (Delph., i B.C.).2 αὐτοὶ δ' ἔνοχοι εἴημεν τῷ ὅρκῳ ὁπηνίκ' ἂν εὖ συνθῶμεν perh. as soon as we have duly delivered (or executed) this declaration, BGU1738.32 (i B.C.);συνθεὶς τούτους μου τοὺς λιβέλλους ἐπιδίδωμι τῇ σῇ λαμπρότητι PLond.3.1000.7
(vi A.D.).IV collect, conclude, infer, Plb. 28.17.14, Arr.Ind.34.B [voice] Med. συντίθεμαι, used by Hom. only in [tense] aor. 2 and in signf. 1:I put together for oneself, i.e. observe, give heed to,σύνθετο θυμῷ βουλήν Il.7.44
;φρεσὶ σύνθετο θέσπιν ἀοιδήν Od.1.328
;ἐμεῖο δὲ σύνθεο μῦθον 17.153
;συνθέμενος ῥῆμα Pi.P.4.277
; and, simply, perceive, hear,κλαιούσης ὄπα σύνθετο Od.20.92
: in Hom. mostly abs., σὺ δὲ σύνθεο do thou take heed, Il.1.76, Od.15.318, etc.; σὺ δὲ σύνθεο θυμῷ ib.27.II agree on, conclude (cf. συνθήκη), ἄνδρεσσι κακοῖς συνθέμενοι φιλίην Thgn.306
; συντίθεσθαι συμμαχίην, ὁμαιχμίην τισί, Hdt.2.181, 8.140.á;τὰς ξυνθήκας ἂς ξυνέθεντο IG12.117.4
, cf. 116.27, al.;εἰρήνην Isoc. 15.109
; σ. ναῦλον agree upon the fare, X. An.5.1.12; ταῦτα συνθέμενοι having agreed on these points, Th.3.114, cf. Ar.Lys. 178, Plu.Alc.31;ξυνέθεσθε κοινῇ τάδε E.Ba. 807
, cf. 808; so withD.
, Hdt.3.157;σ. Ἴωσι ξεινίην Id.1.27
;μισθόν τινι Pl.Grg. 520c
;σ. τι πρός τινα Hdt.7.145
, etc.:—[voice] Pass., τοῦ συντεθέντος χρόνου agreed upon, Pl.Phdr. 254d.2 c. inf., covenant, agree to do,συνέθευ παρέχειν φωνάν Pi.P.11.41
(dub. l.);σ. ἀλλήλοις μήτ' ἀδικεῖν μήτ' ἀδικεῖσθαι Pl.R. 359a
, cf. And. 4.18, Arist.Pol. 1257a35: c. inf. [tense] fut.,ξυνέθεντο ἥξειν Th.6.65
; σ. τινί folld. by inf. [tense] fut.,συνθέμενοι ἡμῖν.. ἀντιώσεσθαι Hdt.9.7
.β, cf. And.1.42: an inf. must be supplied in the phrases, κατὰ (i.e. καθ' ἃ) συνεθήκαντο, καθ' ὅτι ἂν συνθῶνται, etc., Hdt.3.86, Foed. ap. Th.5.18: alsoσ. ὡς.. Hdt.6.84
;ὡς δεῖ ἕκαστα γίγνεσθαι X.HG5.4.2
.3 abs., make a covenant,ἔβαν συνθέμενος Pi.N.4.75
(constr. uncertain in Alc.Supp.5.11): c. dat., Hdt.6.115, X.An.1.9.7, POxy.1668.12 (iii A.D.);αὐτὸς σαυτῷ συνέθου Pl.Cra. 435a
; συνθέσθαι πρός τινα come to terms with him, Decr. ap. D.18.187, POxy.908.18 (ii/iii A.D.);περί τινος πρὸς ἀλλήλους D.S.1.98
; also, bet, wager, Thphr. HP9.17.2, Men.Epit. 288;πρός τινας Plu.Alc.8
.4 vote with, support,τούτοις Lys.Fr.68
, cf. Call.Epigr.1.14, D.H.Isoc.18, Paus. 4.15.2;τοῖς ἀπὸ Ἡροφίλου Sor.2.53
; assent to,πᾶσι τοῖς προκειμένοις PFay.34.20
(ii A.D.); (iii A.D.).5 conclude, infer (cf. A. IV), Stoic.2.63, Phld.Sign.2, al.:—[voice] Pass., τὰ ὕστερον -τεθησόμενα ib.28.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > συντίθημι
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4 sponsio
sponsĭo, ōnis, f. [spondeo], jurid. and publicists' t. t., a solemn promise or engagement to some performance (in bargains, covenants, treaties, etc.); a promise, guarantee, security, sponsion for any one (freq. and class.; cf.: pactio, foedus).I.In gen.:II.sponsio appellatur omnis stipulatio promissioque,
Dig. 50, 16, 7:voti sponsio, quā obligamur deo,
Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 41:Scandilium cogis sponsionem acceptam facere,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 60, § 139:per inducias sponsionem faciunt, uti, etc.,
made an agreement, Sall. J. 79, 4:non foedere pax Caudina sed per sponsionem facta est,
by giving surety, Liv. 9, 5, 2:sponsione se obstringere,
id. 9, 8, 4:sponsionem interponere,
id. 9, 9, 4; and:tunc sponsio et pax repudietur... nec populus Romanus consulum sponsionem nec nos fidem populi Romani accusemus,
id. 9, 11, 5:Ocriculani sponsione in amicitiam accepti,
id. 9, 41, 20; 39, 43, 5 (but Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 26, is spurious; v. Ritschl ad h. l.).—In partic., in civil suits, a mutual agreement or stipulation of the parties, that he who loses should pay a certain sum to him who gains the cause, a sort of wager at law: per sponsionem hoc modo agimus;2. B.provocamus adversarium tali sponsione: si homo quo de agitur ex jure Quiritium meus est, sestertios XXV. nummos dare spondes?
Gai. Inst. 4, 93:condicio Quintio fertur, ut, si id factum negaret ceteraque, quae objecisset, sponsione defenderet sese,
Liv. 39, 43, 5:in probrum suum sponsionem factam,
id. 40, 46, 14; hence, sponsio (sponsionem facere) si non (ni), a wager that, to agree to make a payment if not:ut sponsionem facere possent, ni adversus edictum praetoris vis facta esset,
Cic. Caecin. 16, 45:sponsio est, ni te Apronius socium in decumis esse dicat,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 59, § 135:sponsionem milium nummūm facere cum lictore suo, ni furtis quaestum faceret,
id. ib. 2, 5, 54, § 131; cf.:jubet Quinctium sponsionem cum Sex. Naevio facere, si bona sua ex edicto dies XXX. possessa non essent,
id. Quint. 8, 30; id. Fam. 7, 21 init.; id. Pis. 23, 55:sponsione optime facere posse,
id. Caecin. 16, 45; id. Off. 3, 19, 77:Apronium sponsione lacessivit,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 57, § 132:sponsione vincere,
id. Quint. 27, 84.—Post-class., with quod:de sponsione quam is cum adversario, quod vir bonus esset, fecerat,
Val. Max. 7, 2, 4:sponsionem provocare, quod, etc.,
id. 2, 8, 2; 6, 1, 10.—With acc. and inf.:Cleopatra sponsione revocavit, insumere se posse, etc.,
Macr. S. 2, 13.—Meton., a sum of money deposited according to agreement, a stake, acc. to Varr L. L. 6, § 70 Müll. -
5 держать пари
1. make a betдержать пари, что … — to lay a bet that …
держать пари, биться об заклад — to make a match
2. parlay3. wager4. wagered5. wagering6. bet7. lay withобкладывать; обложить; снестись; нестись; держать пари — lay with
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6 spondeō
spondeō spopondī, spōnsus, ēre [cf. σπένδω], to promise sacredly, warrant, vow, give assurance: promitto, recipio, spondeo, C. Caesarem talem semper fore civem, etc.: quis est qui spondeat eundum animum postea fore, L.: spondebant animis id (bellum) Cornelium finiturum, i. e. were entirely confident, L.: spondebo enim tibi, vel potius spondeo in meque recipio, eos esse M'. Curi mores: praemia, quae spopondimus: fidem, O.: legionibus agros: non si mihi Iuppiter auctor Spondeat, hoc sperem, V.—In law, to assume an obligation, promise solemnly, bind oneself, undertake: quis spopondisse me dicit? nemo: si quis quod spopondit... si id non facit, condemnatur. —In behalf of another, to engage, vouch, become security, enter bail: pro multis: et se quisque paratum ad spondendum Icilio ostendere, L.: Hic sponsum (me) vocat, H.: Fraudator homines cum advocat sponsum inprobos, Ph.— To make a wager of law, agree to a forfeit on failure to prove an assertion: eum illi iacenti latera tunderentur, ut aliquando spondere se diceret.—In public life, to engage, stipulate, agree, conclude, promise: spoponderunt consules, legati (in concluding peace), L.: quod spondendo pacem servassent exercitum, L.: hosti nihil spopondistis, civem neminem spondere pro vobis iussistis, L.: quid tandem si spopondissemus urbem hanc relicturum populum R.? L.— To promise in marriage, engage, betroth: quae sponsa est mihi, T.—Of things, to promise, forbode: nec quicquam placidum spondentia Sidera, O.: quod prope diem futurum spondet fortuna vestra, L.* * *Ispondere, spepondi, sponsus V INTRANSpromise, give pledge/undertaking/surety; contract to give/take in marriageIIspondere, spopondi, sponsus V INTRANSpromise, give pledge/undertaking/surety; contract to give/take in marriage -
7 pretium
prĕtĭum, ii, n. [Sanscr. root par-, pana (for parna), wager, loan; Gr. pi-praskô, to sell; priamai, to buy; cf. pornos], that for or by which any thing is bought or sold (class.).I.Lit., money spent for any thing:B.nil pretio parsit, filio dum parceret,
Plaut. Capt. prol. 32:femina... urbem Exiguam pretio posuit,
for money has founded a small city, Verg. A. 4, 211:vectigalia parvo pretio redempta habere,
for little money, cheaply, Caes. B. G. 1, 18:pretio mercari ordinem senatorium,
to purchase, to gain with money, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 122:permutare pretio noluit, aliāve merce,
Plin. 9, 55, 81, § 171.—In gen., money, wealth, etc. ( poet.), Ov. P. 2, 8, 6:II. A.in pretio pretium nunc est,
id. F. 1, 217:converso in pretium deo,
i. e. into a shower of gold, Hor. C. 3, 16, 8.—In gen.: nec mi aurum posco nec mi pretium dederitis, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 200 Vahl.):B.pretium statuere merci,
to set, fix, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 133:pretium certum constituere,
Cic. Att. 12, 33, 1:enumerare,
id. Rosc. Am. 46, 133:pacisci pro re aliquā,
to agree upon, settle, id. Off. 3, 29, 107:exsolvere,
Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 26:quibus hic pretiis porci veneunt?
at what prices are they sold here? id. ib. 2, 2, 15:vendere aliquid pretio suo,
id. Pers. 4, 4, 30; id. Ps. 1, 2, 36:parare sibi pretio aliquid,
id. Merc. 2, 3, 7:multi extulerunt eorum pretia,
Varr. R. R. 3, 6, 6:jacent pretia praediorum,
are low, down, fallen, Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 33.—Esp.1.In phrases: magni, parvi pretii esse, to be high or low in price, of much or little worth, of great or of small value:2.nullus est tam parvi pretii, quin,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 60:ne tu habes servum graphicum, et quantivis pretii!
id. Ep. 3, 3, 29:agrum majoris pretii nemo habet,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 12:noli spectare, quanti homo sit: parvi enim pretii est, qui jam nihil est,
Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 4:de illis potissimum jactura fit, quia pretii minimi sunt,
Sall. Or. ad Caes. 2, 9: pretium habere, to have a value, to be worth something:vendat oleum, si pretium habeat,
Cato, R. R. 2, 7:annona porro pretium nisi in calamitate fructuum non habet,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227; but also: pretium habere, to have a price, be for sale:quis ignorat quin id longe sit liberalibus disciplinis dignissimum, non vendere operam: cum pleraque hoc ipso possint videri vilia, quod pretium habent,
Quint. 12, 7, 8; hence: pretium non habere, to have no price, be above price (late Lat.):nihil esse pretiosius, immo eum pretium non habere testatur,
Aug. Serm. 36, 8: in pretio esse, to be of worth, value, or estimation, to be in repute:tum coquus in pretio esse (coeptus),
Liv. 39, 6, 9:nec in pretio fertilis hortus erat,
Ov. F. 5, 316; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 22: in pretio habere, to regard as of value:in magno pretio habere,
Sen. Ep. 75, 11:aurum et argentum in pretio habent,
Tac. G. 5;for which cf.: pudebat libertatis majus esse apud feminas quam apud viros pretium,
Curt. 8, 2, 28: pretium facere, to fix or set a price or value; of a seller: indica, fac pretium. Do. Tua merx est;tua indicatio est,
Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 37;of a purchaser: quis faceret pretium, nisi qui sua perdere vellet Omnia?
Mart. 1, 86, 7; Dig. 10, 3, 19.—Wages, reward (mostly poet.):III.pro pretio facio ut opera appareat,
Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 59:operam Epidici nunc me emere pretio pretioso velim,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 17:reddere alicui pro benefactis,
id. Capt. 5, 1, 20:palmae pretium victoribus,
Verg. A. 5, 111.—Trop., worth, value:B. 1.quales ex hac die experiundo cognovit, perinde operae eorum pretium faceret,
would estimate their services, Liv. 27, 17:sive aliquod morum Est pretium,
Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 43: corticis etiam ad medicamenta pretium est, Plin, 12, 25, 54, § 118; 12, 19, 43, § 95.—In a good sense: majores seorsum atque diversum pretium paravere bonis atque strenuis, decurionatus... aliosque honores, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. optionatus, p. 201 Müll.; so,2.= praemium (opp. poena), ita et pretium recte facti triumphum haberet L. Paulus pro egregie bello gesto,
Liv. 45, 37, 5:ut pretium honoremque debito beneficio addat,
id. 45, 14, 1:cum pro cujusque merito consul pretia poenasque exsolvisset,
id. 26, 40, 15 Weissenb. ad loc.:satis ampla pretia,
prizes, id. 21, 43, 6:virtutum pretium,
Sen. Clem. 1, 1, 1.— Plur.: tam longā valetudine conflictabatur, ut haec tanta pretia vivendi mortis rationibus vincerentur, rewards of living, i. e. motives for living, Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 4.—Esp. in phrase pretium curae, and more freq. pretium operae, a reward for trouble:mihi visum est pretium curae, ipsum, senatus consultum quaerere,
seemed to me worth the trouble, worth while, Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 2:est pretium curae cognoscere, etc.,
Juv. 6, 474: facturusne operae pretium sim, etc.,... nec satis scio, what will pay for the trouble, Liv. praef.:operae pretium habent libertatem, civitatemque,
id. 25, 6; 21, 43: audire est operae pretium, etc., Enn. ap. Acron. ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 37 (Ann. v. 454 Vahl.); so Liv. 3, 26, 7: reddere opis pretium pro factis, Enn. ap. Sen. Ep. 108 (Epigr. v. 6 Vahl.):quo in genere est operae pretium diligentiam majorum recordari,
it is worth while, Cic. Agr. 2, 27, 73:captā urbe, operae pretium fore,
Sall. J. 81, 2;so without operae (post-Aug.): Germanico pretium fuit convertere agmen,
thought it of importance, Tac. A. 1, 57:ni pretium foret Pisonis sententias noscere,
were it not worth while, were it not of importance, id. ib. 2, 35:posse eum, si operae pretium faciat, principem popularium esse,
if he does any thing worth while, any thing of importance, Liv. 25, 30: duos servos ad hostes transfugisse et operae pretium fecisse, have done valuable service, Quadrig. ap. Sen. Ben. 3, 23:scriptor minime utilis, cujus libro adtingere nullum pretium operae sit,
Gell. 12, 2, 1; so,operis pretium est,
Sil. 16, 45.—In a bad sense (i. q. poena), reward, punishment, like the Gr. timê, misthos ( poet.): si malos imitabor, tum pretium pro noxā dabis, Liv. And. ap. Non. 365, 27:verbera, compedes, molae... haec pretia sunt ignaviae,
Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 10:ego pretium ob stultitiam fero,
Ter. And. 3, 5, 4:et peccare nefas, aut pretium est mori,
Hor. C. 3, 24, 24:ille crucem pretium sceleris tulit, hic diadema,
Juv. 13, 105.—Of bribery:adduci pretio ad hominem condemnandum,
Cic. Caecil. 10, 29:pretio judicem corrumpere,
id. ib. 25, 72:nec prece, nec pretio a rectā viā deduci,
Auct. Her. 3, 3, 4.
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Wager of law — wager wa ger (w[=a] j[ e]r), n. [OE. wager, wajour, OF. wagiere, or wageure, F. gageure. See {Wage}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Wager policy — wager wa ger (w[=a] j[ e]r), n. [OE. wager, wajour, OF. wagiere, or wageure, F. gageure. See {Wage}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wager — I UK [ˈweɪdʒə(r)] / US [ˈweɪdʒər] noun [countable] Word forms wager : singular wager plural wagers an agreement to win or lose an amount of money depending on the result of a competition or other event II UK [ˈweɪdʒə(r)] / US [ˈweɪdʒər] verb… … English dictionary
wager — wa|ger1 [ˈweıdʒə US ər] n old fashioned [Date: 1300 1400; : Anglo French; Origin: wageure, from Old North French wagier; WAGE2] an agreement in which you win or lose money according to the result of something such as a race = ↑bet wager 2 wager2… … Dictionary of contemporary English
wager — wa|ger1 [ weıdʒər ] noun count an agreement to win or lose an amount of money depending on the result of a competition or other event: BET wager wa|ger 2 [ weıdʒər ] verb transitive to agree to win or lose an amount of money depending on the… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
wager — 1 noun (C) old fashioned an agreement in which you win or lose money according to the result of something such as a race bet 2 (1) 2 verb (T) old fashioned 1 to agree to win or lose an amount of money on the result of something such as a race:… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Wager of battle — Battle Bat tle, n. [OE. bataille, bataile, F. bataille battle, OF., battle, battalion, fr. L. battalia, battualia, the fighting and fencing exercises of soldiers and gladiators, fr. batuere to strike, beat. Cf. {Battalia}, 1st {Battel}, and see… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wager — 1. noun a) Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge. They were wagers of warfare against the wilderness and the Indians, and founders of families and towns. b) A contract… … Wiktionary