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Definition of wager verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

wager

verb
 
/ˈweɪdʒə(r)/
 
/ˈweɪdʒər/
(old-fashioned or formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they wager
 
/ˈweɪdʒə(r)/
 
/ˈweɪdʒər/
he / she / it wagers
 
/ˈweɪdʒəz/
 
/ˈweɪdʒərz/
past simple wagered
 
/ˈweɪdʒəd/
 
/ˈweɪdʒərd/
past participle wagered
 
/ˈweɪdʒəd/
 
/ˈweɪdʒərd/
-ing form wagering
 
/ˈweɪdʒərɪŋ/
 
/ˈweɪdʒərɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive, transitive] to bet money synonym bet
    • wager on something She always wagered on an outsider.
    • wager something (on something) to wager £50 on a horse
    • wager something/somebody that… I had wagered a great deal of money that I would beat him.
  2. [transitive] wager (that)… used to say that you are so confident that something is true or will happen that you would be willing to bet money on it synonym bet
    • I'll wager that she knows more about it than she's saying.
  3. Word OriginMiddle English (also in the sense ‘solemn pledge’): from Anglo-Norman French wageure, from wager ‘to wage’.
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