To make a risky trade in the hope of making a profit; to venture or gamble.
To make an inference based on inconclusive evidence; to surmise or conjecture.
To anticipate which branch of code will be chosen and execute it in advance.
To bet something; to put it up as collateral.
To suppose; to dare say.
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.
That on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet.