wager
noun/ˈweɪdʒə(r)/
/ˈweɪdʒər/
(old-fashioned or formal)- an arrangement to risk money on the result of a particular event synonym betWord OriginMiddle English (also in the sense ‘solemn pledge’): from Anglo-Norman French wageure, from wager ‘to wage’.
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