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.
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Noun
Bet Credits wager excluded from returns.—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025 India’s parliament passed the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill in August, which effectively bans almost all types of online wagers.—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
Charles Murray, the political scientist who—along with the late psychologist Richard Herrnstein—wrote The Bell Curve in 1994, wagered that one of his core ideas about genetics and intelligence would be proved true by 2025.—Eric Turkheimer, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2025 Wednesday Millions of folks wager their lunch money every week on NFL proposition bets.—Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wager
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English wageour pledge, bet, from Anglo-French wageure, from *wager
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