Noun
He has a wager on the game.
I don't think the horse will win. What's your wager? Verb
She wagered $50 on the game.
I wouldn't wager against them.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
What prosecutors say about Mizuhara's bets Mizuhara placed around 19,000 bets in just over two years, a rate of about two dozen wagers every day, according to the criminal complaint, which cited a betting record provided to them by a cooperator inside the bookmaking operation.—Becky Sullivan, NPR, 4 June 2024 While not all of them have panned out—the HoloLens mixed-reality headset, for example, was effectively shut down last year—one big wager has: generative AI.—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 4 June 2024
Verb
In this case, a bettor would need to wager $140 to profit $100 on Trump to win the debate.—Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 21 May 2024 Some heavy-hitters threw their support behind both candidates, wagering political capital on the close race.—Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 14 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for wager
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Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English wageour pledge, bet, from Anglo-French wageure, from *wager
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