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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Anglo-French
Origin: wageure, from Old North French wagier; WAGE2

wager

1 noun
     
Related topics: Gambling
wa‧ger1 [countable] old-fashioned
DGG an agreement in which you win or lose money according to the result of something such as a race [= bet]
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