wager
verb
[ ˈweɪdʒə ]
• risk (a sum of money or valued item) against someone else's on the basis of the outcome of an unpredictable event; bet.
• "a total of $770,700 was wagered by fans at other sites on the track"
Similar:
bet,
gamble,
lay a wager,
place/make/lay a bet,
lay odds,
put money on,
stake,
pledge,
risk,
venture,
hazard,
chance,
speculate,
put one's shirt on,
punt,
• used to express certainty.
• "I'll wager she makes that trip to Virginia"
wager
noun
• an act of betting a sum of money on the outcome of an unpredictable event.
• "they have made a wager on who will win tonight"
Origin:
Middle English (also in the sense ‘solemn pledge’): from Anglo-Norman French wageure, from wager ‘to wage’.
