wager
/ˈweɪ.d͡ʒɚ/ noun C1- A bet; a stake; a pledge.
- 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.
Plural wagers
From the library
If you examine among those documents which he took with him into his retreat, I will lay you a wager that you find the seal with the thumb-mark upon it.”
I’ll wager he learns more about you than you about him.
“I’ll wager he found his way home all right.”
“He laid a wager he would tame Médéah in the space of six months.
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