Wager
Encyclopedia
Wager can refer to:
- GamblingGamblingGambling is the wagering of money or something of material value on an event with an uncertain outcome with the primary intent of winning additional money and/or material goods...
- A scientific wagerScientific wagerA scientific wager is a wager whose outcome is settled by scientific method. They typically consist of an offer to pay a certain sum of money on the scientific proof or disproof of some currently uncertain statement. Some wagers have specific date restrictions for collection, but many are open...
- A legal wagerLegal wagerIn the Roman litigation system, while the Legis Actiones procedure was in force, during the early Republic, both parties had to lay down a wager at the preliminary hearing, probably to discourage frivolous litigation. In some cases, if the party lost, the wager went to the other party, to...
under the Roman legal system - WAGR syndromeWAGR syndromeWAGR syndrome is a rare genetic syndrome in which affected children are predisposed to develop Wilms tumour , Aniridia , Genitourinary anomalies, and mental Retardation...
- a rare genetic syndrome
Given name
- Wager SwayneWager SwayneWager Swayne was a Union Army general during the American Civil War who received America's highest military decoration the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Second Battle of Corinth...
(November 10, 1834 – December 18, 1902), American military Governor
Surname
- Brent Wager Canadian Rower, International Activist
- Charles WagerCharles WagerSir Charles Wager was a British Admiral and First Lord of the Admiralty between 1733 and 1742.Despite heroic active service and steadfast administration and diplomatic service, Wager's reputation has suffered from a profoundly mistaken idea that the navy was then at a low ebb...
(1666 - 1743), British Admiral - Gregg WagerGregg WagerGregg Wager is an American composer, pianist, and music critic. He studied composition at the University of Southern California and the California Institute of the Arts. His teachers included Morton Subotnick and Morten Lauridsen. His piano teachers included Yuriy Oliynyk, Doris Stevenson, and...
(born September 16, 1958), American composer - Harold WagerHarold WagerHarold William Taylor Wager FRS was a British botanist and mycologist. He was the uncle of the geologist Lawrence Rickard Wager. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1904...
(11 March 1862 - 17 November 1929), British botanist - Lawrence WagerLawrence WagerLawrence Rickard Wager, commonly known as Bill Wager, was a British geologist, explorer and mountaineer, described as "one of the finest geological thinkers of his generation" and best remembered for his work on the Skaergaard intrusion in Greenland, and for his attempt on Mount Everest in...
(5 February 1904 - 30 November 1965), British geologist, explorer and mountaineer - Michael WagerMichael WagerMichael Wager is an American film and television actor.He appeared in the war film, Hill 24 Doesn't Answer, and he appeared in a recurring role, as Jonas Roving, on the soap opera "Ryan's Hope".-Personal life:...
(born Emanuel Weisgal 29 April 1925), American actor - Tor Wager, Scientist from the University of ColoradoUniversity of Colorado at BoulderThe University of Colorado Boulder is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado...
, famous for mapping emotions on the brain - Walter Herman WagerWalter WagerWalter Herman Wager was an American novelist.-Early life:Walter Wager grew up in the East Tremont section of The Bronx, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants; his father, Max, was a doctor, and his mother, Jessie, was a nurse...
(September 4, 1924—July 11, 2004), American novelist
films
- The Wager (1998 film)The Wager (1998 film)The Wager is a 1998 short film, running approximately 19 minutes. The film was directed by Aaron Woodley, and it starred Peter Blais, Barclay Hope, and Valerie Boyle. Denise Cronenberg was the film's executive producer.-Synopsis:...
, a short film - The Wager (2007 film)The Wager (2007 film)The Wager is a 2007 Christian drama film, directed by Judson Pearce Morgan. It stars Randy Travis, Jude Ciccolella and Candace Cameron Bure. It was based on the novel The Wager by Bill Myers...
, a feature film