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Meaning:

Noun:

  • 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.
  • Agent noun of wage; one who wages.
  • 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.

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Verb:

  • To put something up as collateral

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