Wagering
[weɪdʒərɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wager
(a.) Hazarding; pertaining to the act of one who wagers.
Editor: Rhoda
Examples
- At a later date a man named Day built a similar boat, wagering that he would go down one hundred yards and remain there twenty-four hours. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It is said that Carman, the foreman of the machine shop, had gone the length of wagering Edison a box of cigars that the device would not work. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Editor: Rhoda