to wager
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4.4
- verb
- /ˈweɪdʒər/
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apostar
- The latest results produced by the Discover Fan Loyalty Poll feature fans wagering on their favorite college football teams.
- wagered a dollar
Now, I, I would wager a vast quantity of money.
- Now, I, I would wager a vast quantity of money.
- You did not Noah, what did you wager?
- And that is I'm going to go with Italian and I would, I would wager half of my money on that, Alex.
- And they'll keep saying it until you, you, you, you wager real money on it.
Examples
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They wager that a Frenchman, not Sir Ulrich, will win the tournament.
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I like to gamble and I like to wager in the stock markets and in the crypto markets for one simple reason.
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Care to wager on that?
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What if a guy wanted to wager some money on numbers, say?
Fiction book (1999) -
How much will you wager?
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When people wager money on sports, they tend to be more interested in them.
Blog text (8) -
I wagered everything I had and I lost.
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Nelson suggested we wager on our guesses.
Fiction book (1992) -
You don't want to wager on a steed that has lost his last three races.
Blog text (28) -
He decided to wager $100 on the football game.
Synonyms
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1.5
To risk money on the result of an event
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4.2
Risk money by betting to try to win more
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3.7
To risk money guessing which result will happen
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5.3
To risk money or something valuable on the result of an event
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4.2
To do something risky hoping to get a good result
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7.6
To bet money on the result of a sports event
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Wager (verb) comes from the same old idea of a 'pledge'—to put something up as a promise. So to wager is to risk money or something valuable on the result of an event.