2syllables
wager
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Definitions ofwager
1noun
- Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge.
- That on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet.
- 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.
- An offer to make oath.
1verb
- To bet something; to put it up as collateral
Example: "I'd wager my boots on it."
- To suppose; to dare say.
Example: "I'll wager that Johnson knows something about all this."
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