wager

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English wage Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English wager From wage (verb) + -er.

1. Agent noun of wage; one who wages.

   “They were wagers of warfare against the wilderness and the Indians, and founders of families and towns.”

   “Hatshepsut was no wager of wars, no bloodstained conqueror.”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English wajour, wageour, wager, from Old Northern French wageure, from wagier (“to pledge”) (compare Old French guagier, whence modern French gager and contemporary Walloon wadjî), ultimately from Frankish *waddjōn (“to pledge”), from Frankish *wadi ~ *waddī (“pledge”). See also wage.

1. To bet something; to put it up as collateral.

   “I'd wager my boots on it.”

   “They have hired high-tech security companies to monitor wagers at a granular level and implemented sophisticated algorithmic systems to spot unusual gambling activity, ensuring that no athlete would be foolish enough to wager on a game.”

2. To suppose; to dare say.

   “I'll wager that Johnson knows something about all this.”