Wager can refer to:
Gambling Wager, the amount of a valuable staked when gambling on an event with an uncertain outcome, with the primary intent of winning money or material goods Legal wager, required by both parties at the preliminary hearing, under the early Roman Republic's Legis Actiones procedure Scientific wager, a wager whose outcome is settled by scientific method
People with the name Wager Swayne (1834–1902), American military Governor Sir Charles Wager (1666–1743), British Admiral David Wager (1804–1870), New York politician Gregg Wager (born 1958), American composer Harold Wager (1862–1929), British botanist Lawrence Wager (1904–1965), British geologist, explorer and mountaineer Michael Wager (1925–2011), American actor Tor Wager, American neuroscientist Walter Wager (1924–2004), American novelist
Ships of the Royal Navy , a square-rigged sixth-rate Royal Navy ship wrecked in 1741 Wager Mutiny, mutiny that occurred after loss of HMS Wager in 1741 , a W-class destroyer launched in 1943
Films The Wager (1998 film), a short film The Wager (2007 film), a feature film
Literature The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder, a 2023 nonfiction book by David Grann
See also WAGR syndrome, a rare genetic syndrome