Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈbɛt/
bet (plural bets)
A wager, an agreement between two parties that a stake (usually money) will be paid by the loser to the winner (the winner being the one who correctly forecast the outcome of an event). - Dylan owes Fletcher $30 from an unsuccessful bet.
- A degree of certainty.
- It’s a safe bet that it will rain tomorrow.
- It’s an even bet that Jim will come top of the maths test tomorrow.
- German: Bestimmtheit
- Portuguese: aposta
bet (bets, present participle betting; past and past participle bet)
- To stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event; to wager.
- c. 1596–1599, William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act III, scene ii]:
- John a Gaunt loved him well, and betted much money on his head.
- I'll bet you two to one I'll make him do it.
- To be sure of something; to be able to count on something.
- You bet!
- (poker) To place money into the pot in order to require others do the same, usually only used for the first person to place money in the pot on each round.
- French: parier
- German: wetten
- Italian: scommettere
- Portuguese: apostar
- Russian: би́ться об закла́д
- Spanish: apostar
- Spanish: apostar
- ngd Expression of general agreement or acceptance.
- ngd Exclamation indicating acceptance of a challenge or an absurd proposal.
- ngd Exclamation of joy at good fortune.
bet
- Alternative form of beth
- (knitting) between
BET
Noun
- (analytical chemistry) An adsorption technique used to measure the specific surface area of a solid, typically using nitrogen gas at a temperature of 77 K.
Bet
Proper noun
- A diminutive of the female name Elizabeth.
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