Pot
Wager
Wager noun - The money or thing risked on the outcome of an uncertain event.
Usage example: lost her wager when the horse dropped out of the race
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Synonyms for Wager
Pot and wager are semantically related in gambling topic. Sometimes you can use "Pot" instead a noun "Wager", if it concerns topics such as money or something gambled.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Vitriolic Best Buds: Even after they become good friends, Lewis and Marsh like to take pot-shots at each other.I would wager twenty pounds that you and Amelia will have the shortest children the world has ever seen, [Marsh] replied in revenge.Yes, Im ready, I said.
Source: Literature / Darkness Visible - Nick (Tom Waits), having already won the soul of the Parnassus's daughter in a wager made decades before she was born, agrees to allow Parnassus to try to win it back on the eve of its forfeiture (even though Parnassus has absolutely nothing to offer to sweeten the pot).
Source: Affably Evil / Film
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