wager
意味
- かけ,かけごと(bet)
- かけたもの;かけ金
- かけごとをする,かける
- 〈金〉をかける:《wager+名〈金〉+on+名》…に…をかける
例文
I wagered him a dollar that I'd sell more magazines than he would.
僕が彼より雑誌を多く売ることに彼と１ドル賭けた。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
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.