Bet vs. Wage
Betnoun
A wager, an agreement between two parties that a stake (usually money) will be paid by the loser to the winner (the winner being the one who correctly forecast the outcome of an event).
Betnoun
A degree of certainty.
Betnoun
alternative form of beth
Betverb
To stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event; to wager.
Betverb
To be sure of something; to be able to count on something.
Betverb
(poker) To place money into the pot in order to require others do the same, usually only used for the first person to place money in the pot on each round.
Betpreposition
(knitting) between
Betnoun
That which is laid, staked, or pledged, as between two parties, upon the event of a contest or any contingent issue; the act of giving such a pledge; a wager.
Betverb
To stake or pledge upon the event of a contingent issue; to wager.
Bet
imp. & p. p. of Beat.
Betadjective
An early form of Better.
Betnoun
the money risked on a gamble
Betnoun
the act of gambling;
Betverb
maintain with or as if with a bet;
Betverb
stake on the outcome of an issue;
Betverb
have faith or confidence in;
Betverb
risk a sum of money or valued item against someone else's on the basis of the outcome of an unpredictable event such as a race or game
Betverb
risk a sum of money against (someone) on the outcome or likelihood of a future event
Betverb
used to express certainty
Betnoun
an act of betting a sum of money
Betnoun
a sum of money staked
Betnoun
a candidate or option offering a specified likelihood of success
Betnoun
one's opinion about a future event
Wagenoun
An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour.
Wageverb
To wager, bet.
Wageverb
To expose oneself to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard.
Wageverb
To employ for wages; to hire.
Wageverb
(transitive) To conduct or carry out (a war or other contest).
Wageverb
(transitive) To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out.
Wageverb
To give security for the performance of.
Wageverb
To pledge; to hazard on the event of a contest; to stake; to bet, to lay; to wager; as, to wage a dollar.
Wageverb
To expose one's self to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard.
Wageverb
To engage in, as a contest, as if by previous gage or pledge; to carry on, as a war.
Wageverb
To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out.
Wageverb
To put upon wages; to hire; to employ; to pay wages to.
Wageverb
To give security for the performance of.
Wageverb
To bind one's self; to engage.
Wagenoun
That which is staked or ventured; that for which one incurs risk or danger; prize; gage.
Wagenoun
That for which one labors; meed; reward; stipulated payment for service performed; hire; pay; compensation; - at present generally used in the plural. See Wages.
Wagenoun
something that remunerates;
Wageverb
as of wars, battles, or campaigns;
Wage
A wage is the distribution from an employer of a security (expected return or profits derived solely from others) paid to an employee. Like interest is paid out to an investor on his investments, a wage is paid (from company earnings) to the employee on the employee's invested assets (time, money, labor, resources, and thought).
