To invest against odds.
To make a choice with an uncertain outcome; to take a chance.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, flyer.
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.