betting

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbɛtɪŋ/
  • (America) IPA: [ˈbɛɾɪŋ]

Adjective

1. Describing one who bets or gambles.

   If I were a betting man, I'd wager my next pay check he couldn't do that again.

Verb

1. present participle of bet#English|bet

Noun

betting (plural bettings)

1. The act of placing a bet.
   • , Jesse O. McKee, The Choctaw

     Once the field was prepared, and preliminaries of the game all settled, the bettings all made and goods all “staked,” night came on without the appearance of any players on the ground.

Translations

• Portuguese: aposta

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