Wager v. t. : Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge.

Wager v. t. : 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.

Wager v. t. : That on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet.

Wager v. t. : To hazard on the issue of a contest, or on some question that is to be decided, or on some casualty; to lay; to stake; to bet.

Wager v. i. : To make a bet; to lay a wager.

Example:
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Defination from the web:
Wager (11 March 1862 - 17 November 1929), British botanist. Lawrence Wager (5 February 1904 - 30 November 1965), British geologist, explorer and mountaineer ... Michael Wager (born Emanuel Weisgal 29 April 1925), American actor. Tor Wager, Scientist from Columbia University, ...