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   Wa·ger

   /ˈwājər/

   

   verb

   • 1. risk (a sum of money or valued item) against someone else's on the basis of the outcome of an unpredictable event; bet: "a total of $770,700 was wagered by fans at other sites on the track"
   • 2. used to express certainty: informal "I'll wager she makes that trip to Virginia"

   noun

   • 1. an act of betting a sum of money on the outcome of an unpredictable event: "they have made a wager on who will win tonight"

   Word Origin Middle English (also in the sense ‘solemn pledge’): from Anglo-Norman French wageure, from wager ‘to wage’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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