determination vs wager

determination

noun
  • The state of decision; a judicial decision, or ending of controversy. 

  • The act of determining, or the state of being determined. 

  • The act of determining the relations of an object, such as genus and species; the referring of minerals, plants, or animals, to the species to which they belong; classification 

  • The act of defining a concept or notion by giving its essential constituents. 

  • A flow, rush, or tendency to a particular part 

  • The addition of a distinguishing feature to a concept or notion, thus limiting its extent. 

  • Bringing to an end; termination; limit. 

  • The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensity, etc. 

  • Direction or tendency to a certain end; impulsion. 

  • The quality of mind which reaches definite conclusions; decision of character; resoluteness. 

  • That which is determined upon; result of deliberation; purpose; conclusion formed; fixed resolution. 

wager

noun
  • That on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet. 

  • Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge. 

  • An offer to make oath. 

  • 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. 

verb
  • To suppose; to dare say. 

  • To bet something; to put it up as collateral. 

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