Phrase Hound found 9 phrases and 6 compound words that contain wager. The most common are listed below. Open wager in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 9
- Pascal's wagerAn argument for theism (and specifically Christianity) maintaining that belief in the divine ensures happiness in this life and offers the possibility of eternal happiness (should God or divine beings exist), whereas atheism, even if it …
- wager of battleThe giving of gage, or pledge, for trying a cause by single combat, formerly allowed in military, criminal, and civil causes, and finally abolished in 1819. In writs of right, where the trial was by champions, the tenant produced his …
- wager of lawThe giving of gage, or sureties, by a defendant in an action of debt, that at a certain day assigned he would take an oath in open court that he did not owe the debt, and at the same time bring with him eleven compurgators who would avow …
- minimum-wagerOne who earns minimum wage.
- wager-boatA high-performance boat for sculling, and winning wagers.
- wager-boatsplural of wager-boat: A high-performance boat for sculling, and winning wagers.
- wager a dollar to a donutSynonym of bet a dollar to a doughnut: To declare with confidence.
- wager a dollar to a doughnutAlternative form of bet a dollar to a doughnut: To declare with confidence.
- wager of battelArchaic form of wager of battle: The giving of gage, or pledge, for trying a cause by single combat, formerly allowed in military, criminal, and civil causes, and finally abolished in 1819. In writs of right, where the trial was by …
Compound words 6
- counterwagerA wager in response or opposition to another wager.
- rewagerTo wager again.
- outwagerTo wager more than.
- wagerableSuitable for wagering; capable of being gambled.
- wagerersplural of wagerer: A person who wagers or bets.
- wageringsplural of wagering: present participle and gerund of wager