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wager
Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge.
(law) 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.
“One day, he just happened to lay a small wager on how many times the trolley from his house to his ditch would break down in a week.”
“Clouse has restructured the company and refocused on soup, a wager that has paid off as clients have flocked again to shelf-stable meals.”
wage
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.
“Recently, Kejriwal had restored electricity connection of a daily wageworker after it was disconnected by the Electricity Department due non-payment of the inflated bill.”
