something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge.-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.-that on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet.-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.-to make a bet; to lay a wager.