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wager definition - legal

n

  1. Money or other consideration put at risk on a gamble, a bet, or some other uncertain occurrence.
  2. Money promised if a certain event should occur.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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