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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
wager/ˈweɪʤə(r)/

▶noun & verb more formal term for bet.

– origin ME (also in the sense ‘solemn pledge’): from Anglo-Norman Fr. wageure, from wager ‘to wage’.

'wager' also found in these Oxford entries:

lay - stake - wager of battle - wager of law

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