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chance
A force assumed to cause events that cannot be foreseen or controlled; luck:
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  1. A force assumed to cause events that cannot be foreseen or controlled; luck:
  2. A favorable set of circumstances; an opportunity:
  3. A risk or gamble
risk
A person or thing with reference to the risk involved in providing insurance
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  1. A person or thing with reference to the risk involved in providing insurance
  2. The chance of injury, damage, or loss; dangerous chance; hazard
  3. The chance of nonpayment of a debt.
crapshoot
(Informal) A situation or undertaking whose outcome involves a high probability of failure or loss; gamble
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  1. (Informal) A situation or undertaking whose outcome involves a high probability of failure or loss; gamble
  2. A venture with a highly risky or unpredictable outcome.
  3. An enterprise whose outcome is determined by chance.
game
To manipulate dishonestly for personal gain; rig:
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  1. To manipulate dishonestly for personal gain; rig:
  2. To play cards, etc. for stakes; gamble
  3. To play computer or video games
wager
Bet
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  1. Bet
  2. To make a bet.
  3. To risk or stake (an amount or possession) on an uncertain outcome; bet.
bet
To stake (an amount, for example) in a bet.
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  1. To stake (an amount, for example) in a bet.
  2. To maintain confidently, as if making a bet:
  3. To make a bet with:
play
To enter or use (a player, etc.) in a game or contest
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  1. To enter or use (a player, etc.) in a game or contest
  2. To engage in a game for stakes; gamble
  3. To compete against in a game or sport:
plunge
To enter or move headlong through something:
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  1. To enter or move headlong through something:
  2. To use a plunger to try to unblock (a drain, for example).
  3. To extend far down in a revealing way
speculate
To engage in the buying or selling of a commodity with an element of risk on the chance of profit.
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  1. To engage in the buying or selling of a commodity with an element of risk on the chance of profit.
  2. To engage in a course of reasoning often based on inconclusive evidence; conjecture or theorize.
  3. To buy or sell stocks, commodities, land, etc., usually in the face of higher than ordinary risk, hoping to take advantage of an expected rise or fall in price; also, to take part in any risky venture on the chance of making huge profits
stake
To claim, establish, or register as one's own. Often used with out:
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  1. To claim, establish, or register as one's own. Often used with out:
  2. To mark the location or limits of with stakes. Often used with out:
  3. To establish (a claim) in this way
back
In reply or return:
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  1. In reply or return:
  2. To get on the back of; mount
  3. To form the back of
try-one-s-luck
(Idiomatic, often with at) To make a risky attempt.
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  1. (Idiomatic, often with at) To make a risky attempt.
take-a-flier
Alternative form of take a flyer.
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  1. Alternative form of take a flyer.
go-for-broke
To wager everything.
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  1. To wager everything.
  2. (Idiomatic) To try everything possible or do last thing possible in a final attempt.
hazard
To venture (something):
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  1. To venture (something):
  2. To attempt or venture
  3. To expose to danger or risk.
venture
To proceed despite possible danger or risk:
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  1. To proceed despite possible danger or risk:
  2. To express at the risk of denial, criticism, or censure:
  3. To undertake the risk of; brave
risk
To expose to the chance of injury, damage, or loss; hazard
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  1. To expose to the chance of injury, damage, or loss; hazard
  2. To incur the risk of:
  3. To incur the risk of
bet
To stake (an amount, for example) in a bet.
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  1. To stake (an amount, for example) in a bet.
  2. To maintain confidently, as if making a bet:
  3. To make a bet with:
game
To manipulate dishonestly for personal gain; rig:
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  1. To manipulate dishonestly for personal gain; rig:
  2. To play cards, etc. for stakes; gamble
  3. To play computer or video games
lay
(Dial.) To get ready; plan
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  1. (Dial.) To get ready; plan
  2. Simple past tense of lie, when pertaining to position.
  3. To put or set in order or readiness for use:
play
To enter or use (a player, etc.) in a game or contest
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  1. To enter or use (a player, etc.) in a game or contest
  2. To engage in a game for stakes; gamble
  3. To compete against in a game or sport:
wager
To make a bet.
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  1. To make a bet.
  2. Bet
  3. To risk or stake (an amount or possession) on an uncertain outcome; bet.
bet
To stake (an amount, for example) in a bet.
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  1. To stake (an amount, for example) in a bet.
  2. To maintain confidently, as if making a bet:
  3. To make a bet with:
lay
To put or set in order or readiness for use:
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  1. To put or set in order or readiness for use:
  2. (Nautical) To put oneself into the position indicated.
  3. (Naut.) To go; proceed
post
To cover (a wall, for example) with posters.
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  1. To cover (a wall, for example) with posters.
  2. After. After in time, order, or position; behind. See also ante. After. After in time, order, or position; behind. See also ante.
  3. To put up (a poster, notice, etc.) on (a wall, post, etc.); placard
put
To bring up for consideration or judgment:
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  1. To bring up for consideration or judgment:
  2. To bring about; effect
  3. To take one's course; move; go (in, out, back, etc.)
risk
To incur the risk of:
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  1. To incur the risk of:
  2. To expose to the chance of injury, damage, or loss; hazard
  3. To incur the risk of
stake
To mark the location or limits of with stakes. Often used with out:
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  1. To mark the location or limits of with stakes. Often used with out:
  2. To establish (a claim) in this way
  3. To gamble or risk; hazard:
venture
To take a risk; dare.
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  1. To take a risk; dare.
  2. To proceed despite possible danger or risk:
  3. To do or go at some risk
wager
Bet
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  1. Bet
  2. To make a bet.
  3. To risk or stake (an amount or possession) on an uncertain outcome; bet.
go
To put oneself
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  1. To put oneself
  2. (Informal) To urinate or defecate:
  3. To participate to (a given extent):
speculate
To engage in a course of reasoning often based on inconclusive evidence; conjecture or theorize.
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  1. To engage in a course of reasoning often based on inconclusive evidence; conjecture or theorize.
  2. To think about the various aspects of a given subject; meditate; ponder; esp., to conjecture
  3. To buy or sell stocks, commodities, land, etc., usually in the face of higher than ordinary risk, hoping to take advantage of an expected rise or fall in price; also, to take part in any risky venture on the chance of making huge profits
venture
To expose to danger or risk:
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  1. To expose to danger or risk:
  2. (Intransitive) to dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success. Used with at or on
  3. To risk or offer.
bet
A person, thing, or action with a (specified) likelihood of achieving success or bringing about a desired result
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  1. A person, thing, or action with a (specified) likelihood of achieving success or bringing about a desired result
  2. An amount or object risked in a wager; a stake:
  3. (--- Informal) A view or opinion, especially about something that cannot be known at the present time:
risk
Liability for injury, loss, or damage, by statute placed upon the manufacturer rather than the consumer, should it happen from normal use of a product.
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  1. Liability for injury, loss, or damage, by statute placed upon the manufacturer rather than the consumer, should it happen from normal use of a product.
  2. A person or thing with reference to the risk involved in providing insurance
  3. One considered with respect to the possibility of loss:
speculation
(--- Archaic) Contemplation or consideration of a subject; meditation.
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  1. (--- Archaic) Contemplation or consideration of a subject; meditation.
  2. Engagement in risky business transactions on the chance of quick or considerable profit.
  3. A thought or conjecture
wager
(Archaic) A pledge of personal combat to resolve an issue or case.
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  1. (Archaic) A pledge of personal combat to resolve an issue or case.
  2. Bet
  3. Money or other consideration put at risk on a gamble, a bet, or some other uncertain occurrence.
chance
A force assumed to cause events that cannot be foreseen or controlled; luck:
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  1. A force assumed to cause events that cannot be foreseen or controlled; luck:
  2. A favorable set of circumstances; an opportunity:
  3. A risk or gamble
hazard
A chance of being injured or harmed:
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  1. A chance of being injured or harmed:
  2. Chance, or a chance occurrence
  3. Risk; peril; danger; jeopardy
risk
A person or thing with reference to the risk involved in providing insurance
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  1. A person or thing with reference to the risk involved in providing insurance
  2. The chance of injury, damage, or loss; dangerous chance; hazard
  3. The chance of nonpayment of a debt.
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  • He'd taken a gamble by entrusting it to her.

  • Gamble, Manual of Indian Timbers (1902); Indian Land Revenue Policy (Calcutta, 1902); B.

  • War for fighting's sake, although in the popular mind there may be, during most wars, only the excitement and the emotion of a great gamble, has no conscious place among the motives of those who determine the destinies of peoples.

  • Crawford, was engaged to reorganize the customs; a number of German officers, selected by General von der Goltz, were brought in to reform the army; and the work of restoring the navy to efficiency was entrusted to a British adviser, Rear-Admiral Gamble, and a small British staff.

  • Jade and Sasha would soon be out of his way, and his gamble on the hidden honor of Rhyn had paid off.

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