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Word Meanings - BET - Book Publishers vocabulary database

That which is laid, staked, or pledged, as between two parties, upon the event of a contest or any contingent issue; the act of giving such a pledge; a wager. "Having made his bets." Goldsmith.

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  • REDEEM
    Hence, to rescue and deliver from the bondage of sin and the penalties of God's violated law. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us. Gal. iii. 13. 5. To make good by performing fully; to fulfill; as, to redeem
  • PLEDGERY
    A pledging; suretyship.
  • PLEDGE
    The transfer of possession of personal property from a debtor to a creditor as security for a debt or engagement; also, the contract created between the debtor and creditor by a thing being so delivered or deposited, forming a species of bailment;
  • PLEDGEOR; PLEDGOR
    One who pledges, or delivers anything in pledge; a pledger; -- opposed to Ant: pledgee. Note: This word analogically requires the e after g, but the spelling pledgor is perhaps commoner.
  • CARRYK
    A carack. Chaucer.
  • STAKEHOLDER
    The holder of a stake; one with whom the bets are deposited when a wager is laid.
  • REDEEMER
    1. One who redeems. 2. Specifically, the Savior of the world, Jesus Christ.
  • PLEDGELESS
    Having no pledge.
  • PLEDGER
    One who pledges.
  • PLEDGEE
    The one to whom a pledge is given, or to whom property pledged is delivered.
  • CARRYALL
    A light covered carriage, having four wheels and seats for four or more persons, usually drawn by one horse.
  • REDEEMABLENESS
    The quality or state of being redeemable; redeemability.
  • PLEDGET
    A string of oakum used in calking. (more info) 1. A small plug.
  • STAKEHEAD
    A horizontal bar on a stake, used for supporting the yarns which are kept apart by pins in the bar.
  • CARRYTALE
    A talebearer. Shak.
  • STAKE
    OFries. & LG. stake, D. staak, Sw. stake, Dan. stage. See Stick, v. 1. A piece of wood, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support or stay; as, a stake to support vines, fences, hedges, etc.
  • REDEEMABLE
    1. Capable of being redeemed; subject to repurchase; held under conditions permitting redemption; as, a pledge securing the payment of money is redeemable. 2. Subject to an obligation of redemtion; conditioned upon a promise of redemtion; payable;
  • CARRY
    1. To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off. When he dieth he small carry nothing away. Ps. xiix. 17. Devout men carried Stephen to his burial. Acts viii, 2. Another carried the intelligence
  • STAKE-DRIVER
    The common American bittern ; -- so called because one of its notes resembles the sound made in driving a stake into the mud. Called also meadow hen, and Indian hen.
  • REDEEMABILITY
    Redeemableness.
  • INTERPLEDGE
    To pledge mutually.
  • UNREDEEMED
    Not redeemed.
  • SAFE-PLEDGE
    A surety for the appearance of a person at a given time. Bracton.
  • IMPLEDGE
    To pledge. Sir W. Scott.
  • SCARRY
    Bearing scars or marks of wounds.
  • MISTAKEN
    1. Being in error; judging wrongly; having a wrong opinion or a misconception; as, a mistaken man; he is mistaken. 2. Erroneous; wrong; as, a mistaken notion.
  • MISTAKER
    One who mistakes. Well meaning ignorance of some mistakers. Bp. Hall.
  • MISCARRY
    1. To carry, or go, wrong; to fail of reaching a destination, or fail of the intended effect; to be unsuccessful; to suffer defeat. My ships have all miscarried. Shak. The cardinal's letters to the pope miscarried. Shak. 2. To bring forth young
  • MISTAKE
    1. To take or choose wrongly. Shak. 2. To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend, or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's meaning. Locke. My father's purposes have been mistook. Shak. 3. To substitute in thought
  • PAINSTAKER
    One who takes pains; one careful and faithful in all work. Gay.
  • ALESTAKE
    A stake or pole projecting from, or set up before, an alehouse, as a sign; an alepole. At the end was commonly suspended a garland, a bunch of leaves, or a "bush." Chaucer.
  • OVERCARRY
    To carry too far; to carry beyond the proper point. Hayward.

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