wager
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wager¹
- /ˈweɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/ UK
- /ˈweɪ.d͡ʒɚ/ Canada, US
- /ˈwæɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/ Australia
Rhymes with -eɪdʒə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
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.
noun wagers
- A bet; a stake; a pledge. 1842-43, Edgar Allan Poe, "The Mystery of Marie Roget" “This thicket was a singular, an exceedingly singular one. It was unusually dense. Within its naturally walled enclosure were three extraordinary stones, forming a seat with a back and footstool.… , whose boys were in the habit of closely examin
- The subject of a bet.
- 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. Besides these Plates, the Wagers may be as the Persons please among themselves, but the Horses must be evidenced by good Testimonies to have been bred in Ireland.
- An offer to make oath.
verb wagers · wagering · wagered
- To bet something; to put it up as collateral. I'd wager my boots on it.
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To suppose; to dare say.
I'll wager that Johnson knows something about all this.
Similar: lay odds
wager²
- /ˈweɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/ UK
- /ˈweɪ.d͡ʒɚ/ Canada, US
- /ˈwæɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/ Australia
Rhymes with -eɪdʒə(ɹ)
noun wagers
- Agent noun of wage; one who wages. They were wagers of warfare against the wilderness and the Indians, and founders of families and towns.
Wager³
proper noun Wagers
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: bet, stakes, hazarding, staking, stake, risking, gamble, ante, gage, challenge, placing, mise, talk, hazard, pledge, dare
Translations
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noun a stake; a pledge
| Español | envite, envido |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 賭け kake |
| 中文 | 賭 /赌 dǔ |
| Português | aposta |
| Français | mise |
| Deutsch | Wette, Einsatz, Pfand |
| Italiano | posta, puntata, scommessa |
| Ελληνικά | στοίχημα stoíchima |
| Русский | ста́вка stávka |
noun the subject of a bet
| 日本語 | 賭け kake |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 賭注 /赌注 dǔzhù |
| Português | aposta |
| Français | mise |
| Deutsch | Wetteinsatz |
| Ελληνικά | στοίχημα stoíchima |
| Русский | ста́вка stávka |
verb put up as collateral
| Português | apostar |
|---|---|
| Français | parier |
| Deutsch | wetten |
| Italiano | scommettere |
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