wager

suomi-englanti sanakirja

wager englannista suomeksi

  1. lyödä vetoa

  2. vedonlyönti, veto

  3. veikkaus

  1. panos, veto

  2. veto, vedonlyönti

  3. vedonlyöntikohde

  4. lyödä vetoa

  5. Substantiivi

wager englanniksi

  1. A bet; a stake; a pledge.

  2. 1842-43, (w), "(w)"

  3. “This thicket was a singular, an exceedingly singular one. It was unusually dense. Within its naturally walled enclosure were three extraordinary stones, forming a seat with a back and footstool.... , whose boys were in the habit of closely examining the shrubberies about them in search of the bark of the sassafras. Would it be a rash wager – a wager of one thousand to one – that a day never passed over the heads of these boys without finding at least one of them ensconced in the umbrageous hall, and enthroned upon its natural throne? Those who would hesitate at such a wager, have either never been boys themselves, or have forgotten the boyish nature."
  4. The subject of a bet.

  5. 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.(R:Webster 191)

  6. {{quote-text|en|year=1673|author=Sir William Temple|title=Advancement of Trade in Ireland

  7. (RQ:Bentley Confutation of Atheism)

  8. An offer to make oath.

  9. To bet something; to put it up as collateral.

  10. (ux)

  11. To suppose; to dare say.

  12. noun|Agent noun of wage; one who wages.

  13. {{quote-text|en|year=1912|author=Pocumtack Valley Memorial Association|title=History and Proceedings of the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association|page=65

  14. {{quote-book|en|year=1957|author=Elsa Maxwell|title=How to Do It; Or, The Lively Art of Entertaining|page=7

  15. (alt form)