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The correct spelling is wager.
How to pronounce wager
/ˈweɪdʒɚ/
nounIPA: /ˈweɪdʒɚ/
Say it like: Waj-er
The correct spelling is wager. Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge. For example: "I'd wager my boots on it."
Usage Examples
“I'd wager my boots on it.”
“I'll wager that Johnson knows something about all this.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge.
- 2.That on which bets are laid; 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.
- 5.Agent noun of wage; one who wages.
verb
- 1.To bet something; to put it up as collateral
- 2.To suppose; to dare say.
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