| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. Something risked on an uncertain outcome: ante, bet, pot, stake (often used in plural). See GAMBLING. 2. A venture depending on chance: bet, gamble, risk, speculation. See GAMBLING. | | VERB: | 1. To make a bet: bet, gamble, game, lay1, play. Idioms: put one's money on something. See GAMBLING. 2. To put up as a stake in a game or speculation: bet, gamble, lay1 (down), post2, put, risk, stake, venture. Informal : go. See GAMBLING.
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