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a fancy word for putting your money where your mouth shouldn't be
famous betPascal's Wager gambled belief on God's existence
around the worldPhileas Fogg's 80-day trip was a £20,000 wager
old rootscomes from Old North French for pledge or promise
legal weightonce meant a solemn pledge to appear in court
science betStephen Hawking lost famous wagers on black holes