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Added 9 October 2026

wager

/ˈweɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/ noun

In Latin: sponsiō Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about wager at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A bet; a stake; a pledge.
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.

verb

To bet something; to put it up as collateral.
I'd wager my boots on it.
To suppose; to dare say.
I'll wager that Johnson knows something about all this.

noun

Agent noun of wage; one who wages.

Origin

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.

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