wager
/ˈweɪ·dʒər/ vDefinition
› to risk money on the unknown result of an event in the hope of winning more money than you have risked, or the amount of money risked; bet: [T] Over $2 million was wagered. › To wager is also to suggest as a likely idea: [+ that clause] I would wager that not one person in ten could tell an expensive wine from a cheaper one.
(Definition of wager v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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