(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you ~ on the result of a horse race, football match, or other event, you give someone a sum of money which they give you back with extra money if the result is what you predicted, or which they keep if it is not. (JOURNALISM)
Just because people ~ed on the Yankees did not mean that they liked them...
Golfers had ~ed a good deal of money on Nick Faldo winning the championship.
= bet, gamble
VERB: V on n, V n on n
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Wager is also a noun.
There have been various ~s on certain candidates since the Bishop announced his retirement.
N-COUNT
2.
If you say that you will ~ that something is the case, you mean you are confident that it is the case.
She was willing to ~ that he didn’t own the apartment he lived in...
= bet
VERB: V that