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Meanings of wager in English
Usage of wager in English
1
In particular the conversation incident to the canal-boat wager was disturbing him.
2
And I'll wager there are some areas where that's not true, Mr.
3
Player Number Four, you have passed through successfully and won your wager.
4
There is an ideal stake-the successful player-and a mundane stake-the actual wager.
5
But I will wager there is not a hint in the book.
6
There was a pretty little scene in which the wager was paid.
7
I'll wager you forced it on the other group beforehand as well.
8
And the Black Rogue paid him the hundred marks of his wager.
9
Almost three decades later, she's still waiting to collect on that wager.
10
The wager was accepted, and the piece of money marked and secreted.
11
The month is past, and with it the wager at an end.
12
CAPTAIN His brain is turned; I cannot with honour accept his wager.
13
Whatever you were doing, I'll wager you were up to no good.
14
The time imposed upon the fulfilment of this wager was six months.
15
There is no mystery in the matter, no subject for a wager.
16
Is it possible, finally, to argue for a sort of anti-Pascal wager?
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Wager through the time
Wager across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Less common