wager
/ˈweɪ.d͡ʒɚ/ verb C2- To bet something; to put it up as collateral. · I'd wager my boots on it.
- To suppose; to dare say. · I'll wager that Johnson knows something about all this.
He/she/it wagers · Past wagered · Past participle wagered · -ing form wagering
Verb forms
- Base form
- wager
- He/she/it
- wagers
- Past
- wagered
- Past participle
- wagered
- -ing form
- wagering
From the library
I’ll wager he learns more about you than you about him.
“I’ll wager he found his way home all right.”
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.”
“He laid a wager he would tame Médéah in the space of six months.
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