{
    "term": "wager",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "an arrangement to risk money on the result of a particular event",
            "examples": [],
            "synonyms": "bet"
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈweɪdʒə(r)/",
                "audio": "wa/wager/wager__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈweɪdʒər/",
                "audio": "wa/wager/wager__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (also in the sense ‘solemn pledge’): from Anglo-Norman French wageure, from wager ‘to wage’."
}