wager 音标拼音: [w'edʒɚ]
n . 赌,赌博,赌物
vt . 下赌注,保证
vi . 打赌
赌,赌博,赌物下赌注,保证打赌
wager n 1 :
the act of gambling ; "
he did it on a bet " [
synonym : {
bet },
{
wager }]
2 :
the money risked on a gamble [
synonym : {
stake }, {
stakes }, {
bet },
{
wager }]
v 1 :
stake on the outcome of an issue ; "
I bet $
100 on that new horse "; "
She played all her money on the dark horse " [
synonym :
{
bet }, {
wager }, {
play }]
2 :
maintain with or as if with a bet ; "
I bet she will be there !"
[
synonym : {
bet }, {
wager }]
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 .
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1913 Webster ]
Besides these plates for horse races ,
the wagers may be as the persons please . --
Sir W .
Temple .
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If any atheist can stake his soul for a wager against such an inexhaustible disproportion ,
let him never hereafter accuse others of credulity .
--
Bentley .
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2 . (
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 . --
Bouvier .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
At common law a wager is considered as a legal contract which the courts must enforce unless it be on a subject contrary to public policy ,
or immoral ,
or tending to the detriment of the public ,
or affecting the interest ,
feelings ,
or character of a third person .
In many of the United States an action can not be sustained upon any wager or bet . --
Chitty . --
Bouvier .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
That on which bets are laid ;
the subject of a bet .
[
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{
Wager of battel },
or {
Wager of battle } (
O .
Eng .
Law ),
the giving of gage ,
or pledge ,
for trying a cause by single combat ,
formerly allowed in military ,
criminal ,
and civil causes .
In writs of right ,
where the trial was by champions ,
the tenant produced his champion ,
who ,
by throwing down his glove as a gage ,
thus waged ,
or stipulated ,
battle with the champion of the demandant ,
who ,
by taking up the glove ,
accepted the challenge .
The wager of battel ,
which has been long in disuse ,
was abolished in England in 1819 ,
by a statute passed in consequence of a defendant '
s having waged his battle in a case which arose about that period .
See {
Battel }.
{
Wager of law } (
Law ),
the giving of gage ,
or sureties ,
by a defendant in an action of debt ,
that at a certain day assigned he would take a law ,
or oath ,
in open court ,
that he did not owe the debt ,
and at the same time bring with him eleven neighbors (
called compurgators ),
who should avow upon their oaths that they believed in their consciences that he spoke the truth .
{
Wager policy }. (
Insurance Law )
See under {
Policy }.
{
Wagering contract }
or {
gambling contract }.
A contract which is of the nature of wager .
Contracts of this nature include various common forms of valid commercial contracts ,
as contracts of insurance ,
contracts dealing in futures ,
options ,
etc .
Other wagering contracts and bets are now generally made illegal by statute against betting and gambling ,
and wagering has in many cases been made a criminal offence . [
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
[
1913 Webster ]
wager \
wa "
ger \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
wagered } (
w [=
a ]"
j [~
e ]
rd );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
wagering }.]
To hazard on the issue of a contest ,
or on some question that is to be decided ,
or on some eventuality ;
to lay ;
to stake ;
to bet .
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And wagered with him Pieces of gold '
gainst this which he wore . --
Shak .
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Wager \
Wa "
ger \,
v .
i .
To make a bet ;
to lay a wager .
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1913 Webster ]
'
T was merry when You wagered on your angling . --
Shak .
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1913 Webster ]
60 Moby Thesaurus words for "
wager ":
adventure ,
ante ,
ante up ,
back ,
bet ,
bet on ,
blind bargain ,
book ,
borderline case ,
call ,
chance ,
chance it ,
chunk ,
contingency ,
cover ,
double contingency ,
fade ,
gamble ,
gamble on ,
game ,
guess ,
handbook ,
hazard ,
lay ,
lay a wager ,
lay down ,
make a bet ,
meet a bet ,
open question ,
parlay ,
pass ,
piece of guesswork ,
play ,
play against ,
plunge ,
pot ,
punt ,
put on ,
question ,
rely on fortune ,
risk ,
run a chance ,
run the risk ,
see ,
set ,
set at hazard ,
shot ,
sight -
unseen transaction ,
stake ,
stand pat ,
take a chance ,
take a flier ,
take chances ,
tempt fortune ,
toss -
up ,
touch and go ,
trust to chance ,
try the chance ,
undecided issue ,
venture WAGERS .
A wager is a bet 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 .
2 .
The law does not prohibit all wagers .
1 Browne '
s Rep .
171 Poth .
du Jeu ,
n .
4 .
3 .
To restrain wagers within the bounds of justice the following conditions must be observed :
1 .
Each of the parties must have the right to dispose of the thing which is the object of the wager .
2 .
Each must give a perfect and full consent to the contract ,
3 .
There must he equality between the parties .
4 .
There must be good faith between them .
5 .
The wager must not be forbidden by law .
Poth .
du 4 .
In general ,
it seems that a wager is legal and maybe enforced in a court of law 3 T .
R .
693 ,
if it be not ,
1st ,
Contrary to public policy ,
or immoral ;
or if it do not in some other respect tend to the detriment of the public .
2d .
If it do not affect the interest ,
feelings ,
or character of a third person .
5 .-
1 .
Wagers on the event of an election laid before the poll is open ;
1 T .
R .
56 .
4 Johns .
426 ;
4 Harr . &
McH .
284 ;
or after it is closed ;
8 Johns .
454 ,
147 ;
2 Browne '
s Rep .
182 ;
are unlawful .
And wagers are against public policy if they are in restraint of marriage ;
10 East ,
R .
22 ;
made as to the mode of playing an illegal game ;
2 H .
Bl .
43 ;
1 Nott &
McCord ,
180 ;
7 Taunt .
246 ;
or on an abstract speculative question of law or judicial practice ,
not arising out of circumstances in which the parties have a real interest .
12 East ,
R .
247 ,
and Day '
s notes ,
sed vide Cowp .
37 .
6 .-
2 .
Wagers as to the sex of an individual Cowp .
729 ;
or whether an unmarried woman had borne or would have a child ;
4 Campb .
152 ,
are illegal ;
as unnecessarily leading to painful and indecent considerations .
The supreme court of Pennsylvania have laid it down as a rule ,
that every bet about the age ,
or height ,
or weight ,
or wealth ,
or circumstances ,
or situation of any person ,
is illegal ;
and this whether the subject of the bet be man ,
woman ,
or child ,
married or single ,
native or foreigner ,
in this country or abroad .
1 Rawle ,
42 .
And it seems that a wager between two coach -
proprietors ,
whether or not a particular person would go by one of their coaches is illegal ,
as exposing that person to inconvenience .
1 B . &
A .
683 .
7 .
In the case even of a legal wager ,
the authority of a stakeholder ,
like that of an arbitrator ,
may be rescinded by either party before the event happens .
And if after his authority has been countermanded ,
and the stake has been demanded ,
he refuse to deliver it ,
trover or assumpsit for money had and received is maintainable .
1 B . &
A .
683 .
And where the wager is in its nature illegal ,
the stake may be recovered ,
even after the event ,
on demand made before it has been paid over .
4 Taunt .
474 ;
5 T .
R .
405 ;
sed vide 12 Johns .
1 .
See further on this subject ,
7 Johns .
434 ;
11 Johns .
23 ;
10 Johns .
406 ,
468 ;
12 Johns .
376 ;
17 Johns .
192 ;
15 Johns .
5 ;
13 Johns .
88 ;
Mann .
Dig .
Gaming ;
Harr .
Dig .
Gaining ;
Stakeholder .
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