From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwagerwa‧ger1 /ˈweɪdʒə $ -ər/ noun [countable] old-fashioned DGGan agreement in which you win or lose money according to the result of something such as a race SYN bet
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wager• He also happened to have a wager on the outcome of the football game.• Volunteering a wager was unprecedented, therefore highly suspicious.• It did not matter that her wager was only five dollars.• Hours before the announcement, large wagers were placed in favour of his son William becoming next king.• For instance, on a question involving the law of wagers, there is generally no need to discuss what is a wager.• Sherlock explained the wager, and the answer Summerlee had given us.• Wednesday midnight the wager is up.• Say you made your wager at odds of 40-1.wagerwager2 verb [transitive] old-fashioned 1 DGGto agree to win or lose an amount of money on the result of something such as a race SYN gamblewager something on something Stipes wagered all his money on an unknown horse.2 → I’ll wager→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
wager• And estimates are that players wager $ 8 billion a year at the tables, although no one knows for sure.• Some one up there must have wagered a few bob on them for another Grand Slam.• There may be considerable scepticism about Pascal's case for always wagering on the outsider if the odds are high enough.• Every year, a staggering £80m is wagered on this spectacular racing phenomenon.• I'd wager that, if anything, people's tastes are getting more diverse these days than they used to be.Origin wager1 (1300-1400) Anglo-French wageure, from Old North French wagier; → WAGE2 