EGAVE

wager

About 1.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A bet; a stake; a pledge.
  2. noun The subject of a bet.
  3. noun 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.
  4. noun An offer to make oath.
  5. verb To bet something; to put it up as collateral.
    I'd wager my boots on it.
  6. verb To suppose; to dare say.
    I'll wager that Johnson knows something about all this.
  7. noun Agent noun of wage; one who wages.

Similar words

bet stakes hazarding staking stake risking gamble ante gage challenge

Often followed by

that of on with you and is was a

Word family

wagered wagerer wagerers wagering wagers

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