wager

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈweɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈweɪ.d͡ʒɚ/ (Australian) IPA(key): /ˈwæɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/ Rhymes: -eɪdʒə(ɹ) === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Noun ==== wager (plural wagers) A bet; a stake; a pledge. 1842-43, Edgar Allan Poe, "The Mystery of Marie Roget" “This thicket was a singular, an exceedingly singular one. It was unusually dense. Within its naturally walled enclosure were three extraordinary stones, forming a seat with a back and footstool.[...] , whose boys were in the habit of closely examining the shrubberies about them in search of the bark of the sassafras. Would it be a rash wager – a wager of one thousand to one – that a day never passed over the heads of these boys without finding at least one of them ensconced in the umbrageous hall, and enthroned upon its natural throne? Those who would hesitate at such a wager, have either never been boys themselves, or have forgotten the boyish nature." The subject of a bet. (law) 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. (law) An offer to make oath. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== wager (third-person singular simple present wagers, present participle wagering, simple past and past participle wagered) (transitive) To bet something; to put it up as collateral. (intransitive, figuratively) To suppose; to dare say. ===== Synonyms ===== (to daresay): lay odds ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From wage (verb) + -er. ==== Noun ==== wager (plural wagers) Agent noun of wage; one who wages. === See also === minimum-wager === References === == Middle English == === Noun === wager alternative form of wajour