gamble
IPA: gˈæmbʌɫ
noun
- A bet or wager.
- A significant risk, undertaken with a potential gain.
- A risky venture.
- A surname from Old Norse.
verb
- To take a risk, with the potential of a positive outcome.
- To play risky games, especially casino games, for monetary gain.
- (transitive) To risk (something) for potential gain.
- To interact with equipment at a casino
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Examples of "gamble" in Sentences
- As the bombardment of Gaza has failed to break Palestinian "will," now the gamble is that ground troops will.
- However, I use the word 'gamble' because, in general terms, PBR is a big company game played by cash rich suppliers.
- The GOP's gamble is that they will be able to get this amalgam of anarchists to either move towards more moderate positions or get them under control.
- Current bank directors also battled with the FSA over the use of the word "gamble" to describe RBS's purchase of Dutch bank ABN Amro Holding NV just as the credit crunch was taking hold.
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