gager

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English

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Etymology

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From gage +‎ -er.

Noun

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gager (plural gagers)

  1. (US) Alternative spelling of gauger

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Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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From gage or from Old French guagier, itself from guage or from a derivative of Frankish *waddī, *wadja, possibly through a Vulgar Latin intermediate *wadiare from *wadium. Compare English to wage and wager, which came from the same source via an Anglo-Norman/Old Northern French variant.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡa.ʒe/
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Verb

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gager

  1. to guarantee
  2. to wager or bet

Conjugation

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This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written gage- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

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Middle English

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Noun

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gager

  1. Alternative form of gauger