Definitions for wager
ˈweɪ dʒərwa·ger

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. bet, wagernoun

   the act of gambling

   "he did it on a bet"

2. stake, stakes, bet, wagerverb

   the money risked on a gamble

3. bet, wager, playverb

   stake on the outcome of an issue

   "I bet $100 on that new horse"; "She played all her money on the dark horse"

4. bet, wagerverb

   maintain with or as if with a bet

   "I bet she will be there!"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. WAGERnoun

   Etymology: from wage, to venture.

   1. A bett; any thing pledged upon a chance or performance.

   Love and mischief made a wager, which should have most power in me. Philip Sidney.

   The sea strove with the winds which should be louder; and the shrouds of the ship, with a ghastful noise to them that were in it, witnessed that their ruin was the wager of the other’s contention. Philip Sidney, b. ii.

   Full fast she fled, ne ever look’d behind;
   As if her life upon the wager lay. Fairy Queen.

   Besides these plates for horse-races, the wagers may be as the persons please. William Temple.

   Factious, and sav’ring this or t’other side,
   Their wagers back their wishes. Dryden.

   If any atheist can stake his soul for a wager, against such an inexhaustible disproportion; let him never hereafter accuse others of credulity. Richard Bentley, Sermons.

   2. [In law.] An offer to make oath. See to wage in law.

   Multiplication of actions upon the case were rare formerly, and there by wager of law ousted, which discouraged many suits. Matthew Hale.

2. To Wagerverb

   To lay; to pledge as a bett; to pledge upon some casualty or performance.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   ’Twas merry, when you wager’d on your angling. William Shakespeare.

   He that will lay much to stake upon every flying story, may as well wager his estate which way the wind will sit next morning. Government of the Tongue.

   I feed my father’s flock;
   What can I wager from the common stock? Dryden.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wager

   A wager is a formal agreement, typically in the form of a bet, where individuals predict the outcome of an event, with a loss or gain of a certain amount of money or property at stake, depending on the result.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wagerverb

   something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge

2. Wagerverb

   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

3. Wagerverb

   that on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet

4. Wagerverb

   to hazard on the issue of a contest, or on some question that is to be decided, or on some casualty; to lay; to stake; to bet

5. Wagerverb

   to make a bet; to lay a wager

6. Etymology: [OE. wager, wajour, OF. wagiere, or wageure, F. gageure. See Wage, v. t.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. WAGER

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Wager is ranked #9488 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Wager surname appeared 3,428 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Wager.
   
   92% or 3,154 total occurrences were White.
   3.7% or 127 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2% or 70 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.9% or 33 total occurrences were Black.
   0.6% or 23 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.6% or 21 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Gamble
   • Gambling
   • Predict

How to pronounce wager?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say wager in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of wager in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of wager in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of wager in a Sentence

1. Rick Perry:

   You would not want to wager that your liberties and your freedoms in a country - the United States in this case - should be left solely to the free market.

2. Keith Wall:

   People still want to wager in person, you have sports betting operating right where the fans are.

3. Ken Jennings:

   Hell tell you, hell be like, Oh that small wager might come back to haunt you, kid.

4. Blaise Pascal:

   Let us weigh the gain and the loss in wagering that God is, but let us consider the two possibilities. If you gain, you gain all if you lose you lose nothing. Hesitate not, then, to wager that He is.

5. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.:

   Every year, if not every day, we have to wager our salvation upon some prophecy based upon imperfect knowledge.

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