The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word WAGER
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result WAGER
- Better to make this payment with rupees
- Person who carries on war, say, for a bet?
- Name-dropping scorer is to make bet
- Bet women get on together, ultimately
- Punt in which to practise going on river
- Gamble from composer dropping name
- Bet earnings on first in race
- Grew agitated about a gambling venture
- Bet on turning over joker first
- Bet salary on first of runners
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The straight part
We know that "Bet" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case bet = wager.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does WAGER mean?
WAGER noun- Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge.
- That on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet.
- A contract by which two parties or more agree that a certain sum of money, or other thing, shall be paid or delivered to one of them, on the happening or not happening of an uncertain event.
- An offer to make oath.
- To bet something; to put it up as collateral
- To suppose; to dare say.
- Agent noun of wage; one who wages.