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wager

Pronunciation: /ˈweɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/

The English word “wager” has 6 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A bet; a stake; a pledge.
  2. The subject of a bet.
  3. 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.
  4. An offer to make oath.

verb

  1. To bet something; to put it up as collateral.
  2. To suppose; to dare say.

Etymology

From Middle English wajour, wageour, wager, from Old Northern French wageure, from wagier (“to pledge”) (compare Old French guagier, whence modern French gager and contemporary Walloon wadjî), ultimately from Frankish *waddjōn (“to pledge”), from Frankish *wadi ~ *waddī (“pledge”). See also wage.

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