English Explanatory Dictionary

wager

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A bet; a stake; a pledge.
  2. The subject of a bet.
  3. 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.
  4. An offer to make oath.
verb
  1. To bet something; to put it up as collateral.
  2. To suppose; to dare say.
noun
  1. Agent noun of wage; one who wages.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈweɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/ /ˈweɪ.d͡ʒɚ/ en-us-wager.ogg /ˈwæɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/

Word forms

wager wagers wagering wagered

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

lay odds

Related words

minimum-wager

Derived words

Pascal's wager wager a dollar to a donut wager a dollar to a doughnut wager-boat wager of battel wager of battle wager of law

Translations

Belarusian: закла́д Bulgarian: обло́г Bulgarian: бас Czech: sázka Dutch: weddenschap Esperanto: veto Finnish: veto Finnish: vedonlyönti French: pari German: Wette Hungarian: fogadás Italian: scommessa Macedonian: облог Middle English: wajour Polish: zakład Russian: пари́ Russian: закла́д Slovak: stávka Ottoman Turkish: بحث Ukrainian: парі́ Ukrainian: закла́д
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