wager meaning
EN[-eɪdʒə(ɹ)]US
WWager
- Wager can refer to:
- Gambling
- A scientific wager
- A legal wager under the Roman legal system
- WAGR syndrome - a rare genetic syndrome
- NounPLwagers
- Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge.
- (law) 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.
- That on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet.
- Agent noun of wage; one who wages.
- Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge.
- VerbSGwagersPRwageringPT, PPwagered
- (transitive) To bet something; to put it up as collateral.
- I'd wager my boots on it.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To suppose; to dare say.
- I'll wager that Johnson knows something about all this.
- (transitive) To bet something; to put it up as collateral.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- He has been wagering half his wages weekly. ( progressive )
- Carelessly wagering his allowance led him to ruin. ( gerund )
- I'll wager that Johnson knows something about all this.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of wager in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary