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
These are wagers that go beyond traditional cover-the-spread type propositions to let people lose or win money based on specific predictions, typically about individual players’ performance.—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 30 May 2024 The two days of wagers on the Super Bowl represented almost 14% of all the bets made for the entire month of January.—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 19 Feb. 2024
Verb
Patton wagered everything but $1, while Harmeyer kept a small cushion with her wager of $10,800 to finish the night at $27,000.—Chris Sims, The Indianapolis Star, 19 June 2024 From September 2022 to March 2023, the operation involved more than 70 bettors who wagered nearly $23 million.—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 5 June 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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