wager.
A bet; a stake; a pledge.
Meaning & usage
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.
An offer to make oath.
Where this word comes from
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.
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.
Where this word comes from
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.
Agent noun of wage; one who wages.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Old Northern French wagebor. Middle English wage English wage Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English wager From wage (verb) + -er.
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