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/ |
- [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.
- [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.
Word OriginMiddle English (also in the sense ‘solemn pledge’): from Anglo-Norman French wageure, from wager ‘to wage’.
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