[ˈweɪdʒə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- risk (a sum of money or valued item) against someone else's on the basis of the outcome of an unpredictable event; bet
(e.g: a total of $770,700 was wagered by fans at other sites on the track)

- used to express certainty
(e.g: I'll wager she makes that trip to Virginia)


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Origin:
Middle English (also in the sense ‘solemn pledge’): from Anglo-Norman French wageure, from wager ‘to wage’

[ˈweɪdʒə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an act of betting a sum of money on the outcome of an unpredictable event
(e.g: they have made a wager on who will win tonight)


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Origin:
Middle English (also in the sense ‘solemn pledge’): from Anglo-Norman French wageure, from wager ‘to wage’