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Old March 05, 2011, 12:01 PM
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Is there any difference between a wager and a bet?

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Old March 05, 2011, 12:07 PM
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None that I'm aware of in common usage.
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Old March 05, 2011, 12:13 PM
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My book talks about "a bet or wager" and I thought there could be any difference. Now I realise that there mustn't be any because the verb used is "is".

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Old March 05, 2011, 12:22 PM
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I glanced through a dictionary and bet was used to define wager and wager was used to define bet. I sense an identity...
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Old March 05, 2011, 12:38 PM
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I glanced through a dictionary and bet was used to define wager and wager was used to define bet. I sense an identity...
I love those definitions!
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Old March 05, 2011, 03:00 PM
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I found this comment:
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However, when some friends and I went to a racetrack last summer, we all talked about our bets and which horses we were betting on. No one ever mentioned a wager -- the word would have seemed a bit formal. Maybe we can find someone to disagree with me....
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Old March 05, 2011, 03:18 PM
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I love those definitions!
Recursion: see recursion.
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Old March 05, 2011, 06:21 PM
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Recursion: see recursion.
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Old March 06, 2011, 03:19 AM
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Yes, you're right.
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