Gamble

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  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To bet on an uncertain outcome, as of a contest.
  • intransitive verb. To play a game of chance for stakes.
  • intransitive verb. To take a risk in the hope of gaining an advantage or a benefit.
  • intransitive verb. To engage in reckless or hazardous behavior.
  • intransitive verb. To put up as a stake in gambling; wager.
  • intransitive verb. To expose to hazard; risk.
  • noun. A bet, wager, or other gambling venture.
  • noun. An act or undertaking of uncertain outcome; a risk.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A venture in gambling or as in gambling; a reckless speculation.
  • To play at any game of hazard for a stake; risk money or anything of value on the issue of a game of chance, by either playing or betting on the play of others; hence, to engage in financial transactions or speculations dependent for success chiefly upon chance or unknown contingencies: as, to gamble with cards or dice; to gamble in stocks.
  • Gambling contract. See contract.
  • To lose or squander by gaming: with away or off.
  • noun. A leg.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To lose or squander by gaming; -- usually with away.
  • intransitive verb. To play or game for money or other stake.
  • noun. An act of gambling; a transaction or proceeding involving gambling; hence, anything involving similar risk or uncertainty.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A significant risk, undertaken with a potential gain.
  • noun. A risky venture
  • verb. To take a risk, with the potential of a positive outcome.
  • verb. To play risky games, especially casino games, for monetary gain.
  • verb. To risk (something) for potential gain.
  • verb. To interact with equipment at a casino
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. play games for money
  • noun. money that is risked for possible monetary gain
  • verb. take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
  • noun. a risky act or venture
  • Word Usage
    "Current bank directors also battled with the FSA over the use of the word "gamble" to describe RBS's purchase of Dutch bank ABN Amro Holding NV just as the credit crunch was taking hold."
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