Bet

Definition: Bet

Bet

Noun

1. The money risked on a gamble.

2. The act of gambling; "he did it on a bet".

Verb

1. Maintain with or as if with a bet; "I bet she will be there!".

2. Stake on the outcome of an issue; "I bet $100 on that new horse"; "She played all her money on the dark horse".

3. Have faith or confidence in; "you can count on me to help you any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You can bet on that!" "Depend on your family in times of crisis".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "bet" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Dream Interpretation

Slang in 1811

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Synonyms: Bet

Assent

Phrase: avec plaisir; chi tace accousente; "the public mind is the creation of the Master-Writers"; you bet your sweet ass it is; what are we waiting for? whenever you're ready; anytime you're ready.

Adverb: yes, yea, ay, aye, true; good; well; very well, very true; well and good; granted; even so, just so; to be sure, "thou hast said", you said it, you said a mouthful; truly, exactly, precisely, that's just it, indeed, certainly, you bet, certes, ex concesso; of course, unquestionably, assuredly, no doubt, doubtless; naturally, natch.

Intention

Risk, venture, hazard, stake; ante; lay, lay a wager; make a bet, wager, bet, gamble, game, play for;risk, venture, hazard, stake; ante; lay, lay a wager; make a bet, wager, bet, gamble, game, play for; play at chuck farthing.

Drawing lots; sortilegy, sortition; sortes, sortes Virgilianae; rouge et noir, hazard, ante, chuck-a-luck, crack-loo, craps, faro, roulette, pitch and toss, chuck, cup tossing, heads or tails cross and pile, poker-dice; wager; bet, betting; gambling; the turf.

Crosswords: Bet

Breton (been, had, how many), Indonesian (bad, badge), Serbo-Croatian (beth), Swedish (counter, forfeit), Turkish (rude, rugged), Turkmen (bad), Welsh (bet).

I bet he hasn't even got a wife (A Hard Day's Night; writing credit: Alun Owen)

But I bet they work too hard (Eyes Wide Shut; writing credit: Arthur Schnitzler; Stanley Kubrick)

I'll bet you 105,000 dollars that you go to sleep before I do. (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre; writing credit: B. Traven; John Huston)

Bet you've heard that line often enough (Notorious; writing credit: Ben Hecht)

You know, I bet more people see that than the phone book (The Jerk; writing credit: Carl Reiner, written by Steve Martin and Carl Gottlieb.)

You must of bet, I'm in here to stay (Get Ready For This; performing artist: 2 Unlimited)

I bet she never had a back street guy (Uptown Girl; performing artist: Billy Joel)

So put your hands down my pants and I'll bet you'll feel nuts (The Bad Touch; performing artist: Bloodhound Gang)

But I bet he must have had a plan (Born To Be My Baby; performing artist: Bon Jovi)

I'll bet you think this song is about you ("You're So Vain"; performing artist: Carly Simon)

No horse goes as fast as the money you bet on him. (references; author: unknown)

Eye Bet (1971)

It's Your Bet (1970)

I'll Bet (1965)

To Bed on a Bet (1965)

Fido Bet Kappa (1954)

Don't Bet Money Honey (performing artist: Linda Scott)

I Bet You Won't Play This Song On The Radio (performing artist: Monty Python)

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Books

• Bet Your Life (reference)

• You Bet Your Tomatoes: Fun Facts, Tall Tales, and a Handful of Useful Gardening Tips (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• You Bet (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Trillion Dollar Bet (reference)

• You Bet Your Life Vol.1 (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Truly Madly Deeply / I'll Bet He Was Cool [CD-SINGLE] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods

• Bunn BET Home Tea Pitcher (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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You bet your life : AIDS. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Dottie and Lottie]. Come in out of the wet, kid : there's room enough for two in here! ; I'll bet that's him no. Credit: Library of Congress.

A resolve. Cousin Kate--now that you are well off, Charles, you mustn't let them say of you, a fool and his money are soon parted. Charles--no, you bet I won't; I'll show them that I'm an exception to the rule. Credit: Library of Congress.

Mrs. Klingenstein laughed heartily : you getting old! he said, why, I bet you ain't sixty yet!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Summer pastimes. The bitter rivalry of years culminated last week in a bet ... Credit: Library of Congress.

Deciding game bet. Nationals & American Leagues B.B. Credit: Library of Congress.

Anti-tank barrier, made of reinforced concrete posts & heavy cables, front of German lines, Bet Etain & Verdun. Credit: Library of Congress.

The lost bet / Jos. Klir, Paris. Credit: Library of Congress.

The bird to bet on. Credit: Library of Congress.

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This is behaviour that a bout of amoebic dysentery would be ashamed of. I bet that even the very lowest form of dysentery amoeba shows up to take its girlfriend out for a quick trot around the stomach lining once in a while

I will bet anything you please, a million against a fig, that they will all be fugitives from justice and discharged convicts

I bet you did.

Don't let that stop you; if you don't bet you can't win.

Get that one in the Monthly, I bet.

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Business

Uzbekistan has long been Central Asia’s best bet for foreign companies - combining the largest population in the region, a centralized location, a recent history of being the logistical and administrative hub for under the Soviets and its long history of commercial traditions. (references)

Economic History

Romania

The official index, BET, is based on a basket of the 10 most active stocks listed on the first tier. (references)

Bahamas

Gamblers must be physically present at the time of betting, and may bet on "any athletic game or sport taking place within or outside The Bahamas other than horse racing." A sports bar and betting area have already been set up inside the Crystal Palace Casino on Cable Beach to accommodate sports gamblers. (references)

Political Economy

CZECH REPUBLIC

It has remained strong even after the central bank reduced interest rates significantly in 1998 and 1999, as currency traders bet on EU convergence. (references)

Travel

Barbados

Cable and Wireless (C&W) BET Limited has a service whereby that firm can receive facsimile messages at no fee to the addressee, but the senders pay to send faxes. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "bet": BET equation ♦ bet on ♦ bet on a horse ♦ bet on horses ♦ bet you ♦ bet you! ♦ Bouncing Bet ♦ i bet you ♦ i bet you can't do it ♦ i make a bet ♦ lay a bet ♦ lose a bet ♦ make a bet ♦ my bet is that ♦ place bet ♦ place one's bet ♦ safe bet ♦ take a bet ♦ take on a bet ♦ the best bet ♦ To bet on the field ♦ To go bet ♦ To hedge a bet ♦ win a bet ♦ you bet ♦ you bet your sweet ass it is. Additional references.

Beginning with "bet": bet-shean, bet-the-company, bet-ween, Bet-zur.

Ending with "bet": multi-bet.

Albanian

bast (betting, wager), vë bast (back, cast lots, punt, wager). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مراهنة, ‏رهان (betting, pools, stake, wager), ‏راهن (copper, gamble, lay, plunge, stake, wager). (various references)

Bulgarian 

обзалагане (betting, wager), обзалагам се (lay, wager), облог (wager), залагане (betting, pop), басирам се, бас (base, bass, basso, betting, wager). (various references)

Chinese 

賭 (gamble), 赌注 (perfecta, wager), 打賭 (wager). (various references)

Czech

vsadit se, sázka (stake, wager). (various references)

Danish

vædde (wager). (various references)

Dutch

wedden (wager). (various references)

Esperanto

veto (wager), veti (wager). (various references)

Faeroese

vedda (wager). (various references)

Farsi 

موضوع شرطبندی , نذر (Avow, Vow), شرطبستن . (various references)

Finnish

lyödä vetoa (wager). (various references)

French

parier, pari (betting). (various references)

Frisian

wedzje (wager). (various references)

German

wetten (bets, betted, betting, lay odds, punt, to bet, wager, wagers, warrant), wette (punt, wager), wetteinsatz. (various references)

Greek 

στοιχηματίζω (bet on, stake, wager), στοίχημα (stake, wager). (various references)

Hebrew 

להמר (gamble, lay down, stake, take a chance, wager), המור (gamble, stake, wager). (various references)

Hungarian

fogadás (backing, betting, flutter, gamble, reception, salon, wager). (various references)

Icelandic

veðja (wager). (various references)

Indonesian

bertaruh (backhorses), taruhan (wager). (various references)

Irish

geall. (various references)

Italian

scommettere (lay, plunge, put, stake, type, wager). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

賭する (risk, stake, wager), 賭け金 (stakes), ベクトル値 (bechamel sauce, bed, bed house, bedroom, bedroom community, bedroom scene, best, best condition, best dresser, best member, best ten, best-seller, beta, better, better half, going to bed, having reached the quarterfinals, having reached the semifinals, vector value, vegetable, vegetarian, vest, vet, veteran, Vietnam). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ベット (vet), かけきん (bill, installment, premium, stakes), とする (risk, stake, wager). (various references)

Korean 

내기 (Betting). (various references)

Manx

gioal (bond, cover, earnest, equity, gage, pawn, pledge, stake, wager), giall (promise, reveal), cur gioal er (wager), cur giall er, chebbal (betting, bid, bidding, offer, present), cheb (bid, guess, tender), bettal (wager). (various references)

Norwegian

vedde (wager). (various references)

Papiamen

bèt (wager), pusta (wager). (various references)

Pig Latin

etbay.(various references)

Portuguese

aposta (betting, bid, wager). (various references)

Romanian

rãmãşag (parlay, wager), pune pariu pe ceva, prinsoare (wager), pariu (betting, parlay, wager), face rãmãşag. (various references)

Russian 

ставить пари, пари (betting, parlay, wager), держать пари (lay a wager, make a bet, parlay). (various references)

Scottish

geall (a pledge, desire, love : an geall air, pledge, promise, wager, with the mind set upon). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

opkladiti se (parley, wager), opklada (betting, parlay, sweepstakes, wager), kladiti se (lay odds, put down). (various references)

Spanish

apostar (lay, lay down, post, punt, put up, stake, wager), apuesta (ante, betting, punt, wager). (various references)

Sranan

strey (wager). (various references)

Swedish

slår vad. (various references)

Thai

เงินพนัน, พนัน (bet on, buck), การเดา, การพนัน (betting, gambling, sweepstakes). (various references)

Turkish

bahse girmek (go, lay, punt, wager), bahis yapmak (place one's bet, play, stake), bahis parası, bahis (chapter, discussion, inquiry, place bet, wager), para sürmek (ante, ante up, bank), iddiaya girmek (go, take smb. up on it), iddia (allegation, argument, assertion, asseveration, averment, charge, claim, contention, contest, information, pleading, pretence, pretense, pretension, protestation, say so, submission). (various references)

Turkmen 

jedel etmek (make a bet). (various references)

Ukrainian

ставка (ante, parlay, price, punt, rate, wager), умова (condition, if, proviso, requisition, stipulation, warranty), заклад (betting, hock, lien, pledge, wager), битися об заклад, парі (betting). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự đánh cuộc tiền đánh cuộc. (various references)

Welsh

betio, bet, dal am, cyngwystl (pledge, wager). (various references)

beth, bethbesse, bethbessi, bethfage, bethsemitae, bethseta, bethsurae, bethsuram, elisabeth, pignoris, pignus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "bet": beta, betaine, betaines, betake, betaken, betakes, betaking, betas, betatron, betatrons, betatter, betattered, betattering, betatters, betaxed, betel, betelnut, betelnuts, betels, beth, bethank, bethanked, bethanking, bethanks, bethel, bethels, bethesda, bethesdas, bethink, bethinking, bethinks, bethorn, bethorned, bethorning, bethorns, bethought, beths, bethump, bethumped, bethumping, bethumps, betide, betided, betides, betiding, betime, betimes, betise, betises, betoken, betokened. (additional references)

Words ending with "bet": abet, alphabet, analphabet, barbet, drabbet, ebbet, flibbertigibbet, gibbet, gobbet, overbet, quodlibet, rabbet, sherbet, sorbet, zibet. (additional references)

Words containing "bet": abetment, abetments, abets, abettal, abettals, abetted, abetter, abetters, abetting, abettor, abettors, alphabeted, alphabetic, alphabetical, alphabetically, alphabeting, alphabetization, alphabetizations, alphabetize, alphabetized, alphabetizer, alphabetizers, alphabetizes, alphabetizing, alphabets, analphabetic, analphabetics, analphabetism, analphabetisms, analphabets, antidiabetic, antidiabetics, barbets, barbette, barbettes, diabetes, diabetic, diabetics, diabetogenic, diabetologist, diabetologists, drabbets, ebbets, flibbertigibbets, flibbertigibbety, gibbeted, gibbeting, gibbets, gibbetted, gibbetting, gobbets. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Bet" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: baet, Bajt, batt, bayt, bct, bec, bef, beh, bei, beit, bej, bek, bem, beo, beot, bep, bept, beq, beqt, bert, Beti, betr, bett, betw, betz, beu, bev, bew, Bex, bez, bfe, bhe, bht, bict, biet, bitc, bject, bmt, boet, Boeti, bqe, Bset, bt, bte, btx, Buet, buety, bvt, bwt, byet, Byett, byt, ebet, Ebot, ebt, ebut, gbe-tv, ibet, obet, rbet, ubet. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: be, et.

+1 letter: abet, bate, beat, beet, belt, bent, best, beta, beth, bets, bite, blet, bute, byte, debt, tube.

+2 letters: abate, abets, baste, bated, bates, bathe, beast, beats, beaut, beets, befit, begat, beget, begot, belts, bents, beret, berth, beset, besot, bests, betas, betel, beths, beton, betta, bidet, biter, bites, blate, bleat, blent, blest, blets, blite, bluet, boite, botel, brent, brute, buret, buteo, butes, butle, butte, bytes, debit, debts, debut, ebbet, objet, rebut, taber, tabes, table, thebe, tribe, tubae, tubed, tuber, tubes, zibet.