单词	wager
释义	wager1 nounwager2 verb wagerwa‧ger1 /ˈweɪdʒə $ -ər/ noun [countable] old-fashioned Word Origin WORD ORIGINwager1 Origin: 1300-1400 Anglo-French wageure, from Old North French wagier; ➔ WAGE2 Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS For instance, on a question involving the law of wagers, there is generally no need to discuss what is a wager. He also happened to have a wager on the outcome of the football game. Hours before the announcement, large wagers were placed in favour of his son William becoming next king. It did not matter that her wager was only five dollars. Say you made your wager at odds of 40-1. Sherlock explained the wager, and the answer Summerlee had given us. Volunteering a wager was unprecedented, therefore highly suspicious. Wednesday midnight the wager is up. word sets WORD SETS► Gambling back, verbbank, nounbanker, nounbet, verbbet, nounbid, verbbingo, nounbookie, nounbookmaker, nouncasino, nounchip, nouncroupier, noundividend, noundraw, nouneach way, adverbfruit machine, noungamble, verbgaming, nounlottery, nounodds, nounofftrack, adjectiveone-armed bandit, nounparimutuel, nounplace, verbraffle, nounraffle, verbroulette, nounslot machine, nounstakeholder, nounsweepstake, nountombola, nountout, verbwager, nounwager, verb Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► make · Hubris, to have made the wager. ` Mr Quinn, your job is secure.· Say you made your wager at odds of 40-1. an agreement in which you win or lose money according to the result of something such as a race SYN  bet wager1 nounwager2 verb wagerwager2 verb [transitive] old-fashioned Verb Table VERB TABLE wager Simple Form Present I, you, we, they wager he, she, it wagers Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they wagered Present perfect I, you, we, they have wagered he, she, it has wagered Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had wagered Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will wager Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have wagered Continuous Form Present I am wagering he, she, it is wagering you, we, they are wagering Past I, he, she, it was wagering you, we, they were wagering Present perfect I, you, we, they have been wagering he, she, it has been wagering Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been wagering Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be wagering Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been wagering Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS And estimates are that players wager $ 8 billion a year at the tables, although no one knows for sure. Every year, a staggering £80m is wagered on this spectacular racing phenomenon. I'd wager that, if anything, people's tastes are getting more diverse these days than they used to be. Some one up there must have wagered a few bob on them for another Grand Slam. There may be considerable scepticism about Pascal's case for always wagering on the outsider if the odds are high enough. word sets WORD SETS► Gambling back, verbbank, nounbanker, nounbet, verbbet, nounbid, verbbingo, nounbookie, nounbookmaker, nouncasino, nounchip, nouncroupier, noundividend, noundraw, nouneach way, adverbfruit machine, noungamble, verbgaming, nounlottery, nounodds, nounofftrack, adjectiveone-armed bandit, nounparimutuel, nounplace, verbraffle, nounraffle, verbroulette, nounslot machine, nounstakeholder, nounsweepstake, nountombola, nountout, verbwager, nounwager, verb Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► I’ll wager I'll wager that boy's never worked in his life! 1to agree to win or lose an amount of money on the result of something such as a race SYN  gamblewager something on something Stipes wagered all his money on an unknown horse.2I’ll wager used to say that you are confident that something is true
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