noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The issue in a writ of right.
2. 2
   Expense; cost; disbursement. obsolete
3. 3
   A tax or tallage; in Wales, an honorary gift of the people to a new king or prince of Wales; also, a tribute paid, in the county palatine of Chester, England, at the change of the owner of the earldom. obsolete

Verb

1. 1
   To make a risky move with no regard for the consequences when the alternative is certain defeat. slang

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French mise (“a putting, setting, expense”).

Etymology 2

Contraction of might as well.

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