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Examples of wager in a Sentence
He has a wager on the game.
I don't think the horse will win. What's your wager?
Recent Examples of wager from the Web
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The Nugget will not be permitted to accept NBA wagers since their owner, Tilman Fertitta, also owns the Houston Rockets.
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Potential entrants into the market, such as casinos, will want a seat at the negotiating table to ensure opportunities to accept wagers.
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Illinois’ world-famous pols still need to sort out the number, location and type of venues and platforms that will be allowed to accept wagers.
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Only licensed venues in Nevada, Delaware, Oregon and Montana are permitted to accept wagers on those and other events drawing interest from the public.
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The facility could start accepting wagers within two weeks of the Supreme Court’s ruling, said Mr. Drazin, who hopes sports betting will help the state’s struggling horse-racing industry survive.
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Money managers pared their wagers on a gold rally to the lowest this year ahead of a Federal Reserve meeting where policy makers eventually raised borrowing costs.
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Each of those wagers paid out to the tune of $1200.
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Hardly anyone, Wingo included, believes that Alabama, which allows bingo, bets on horse and dog racing and a few tribal casinos with no table games, will quickly embrace other ways to wager.
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Origin and Etymology of wager
Middle English wageour pledge, bet, from Anglo-French wageure, from *wager
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First Known Use: 14th century
in the meaning defined at sense 1a
See Words from the same yearDefinition of wager
: to risk or venture on a final outcome;
specifically
: to lay as a gamble : bet
- wager $5 on a horse
Examples of wager in a Sentence
She wagered on the game.
I wouldn't wager against them.
Recent Examples of wager from the Web
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China Horse Club is also an opaque group that has become a major global player in the sport in just five years despite a ban on wagering in mainland China.
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Karriem Keys, 53, was one of a couple dozen who were wagering on games at Dover Downs along with Carney.
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The Grand Prix Calcutta also had guests wagering on which riders and horses would win.
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For reference, wagering on horse racing in the U.S. is $11 billion a year.
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The Athletic’s investors are wagering that people will pay for analytical sports writing that goes beyond box scores and headlines.
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From having a lineup defined by one player, Sweden now wager on collective play without stars, making them even more fearsome.
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MPs wager the bill would expand the tax base to 10% of the population, up from 3%, and raise a modest 300m dinars a year.
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Here’s more about what Kyle Busch and his NASCAR team owner and former Washington Redskins coach Joe Gibbs are wagering for the Stanley Cup Final series.
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First Known Use of wager
1602
WAGER Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of wager for English Language Learners
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: an agreement in which people try to guess what will happen and the person who guesses wrong has to give something (such as money) to the person who guesses right
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: the money or other valuable thing that you could win or lose in a bet
wager
Definition of wager for English Language Learners
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: to risk losing something (such as money) if your guess about what will happen is wrong
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—used in the phrase I'll wager to indicate what you think will happen or what you believe is probably true
WAGER Defined for Kids
Definition of wager for Students
wagered;
wagering
: to bet on the result of a contest or question
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