Bet
Word | BET |
Character | 3 |
Hyphenation | bet |
Pronunciations | /ˈbɛt/ |
Definitions and meanings of "Bet"
What do we mean by bet?
An agreement usually between two parties that the one who has made an incorrect prediction about an uncertain outcome will forfeit something stipulated to the other; a wager. noun
An amount or object risked in a wager; a stake. noun
One on which a stake is or can be placed. noun
A plan or an option considered with regard to its probable consequence. noun
A view or opinion, especially about something that cannot be known at the present time. noun
To stake (an amount, for example) in a bet. intransitive verb
To make a bet with. intransitive verb
To make a bet on (a contestant or an outcome). intransitive verb
To maintain confidently, as if making a bet. intransitive verb
To make or place a bet. intransitive verb
(you bet) Of course; surely. idiom
Obsolete and earlier Middle English form of better.
In faro, a card which is a case, that is, the only one of that denomination remaining in the box: so called because the player cannot be split. noun
To pledge as a forfeit to another who makes a similar pledge in return, on a future contingency, in support of an affirmation or opinion; stake; wager.
To lay a wager; stake money or anything of value upon a contingency.
The pledging of some valuable thing, as money (or of the doing of some onerous act), to bc forfeited, in ease some future event happens contrary to the assertion or belief of the one making the pledge, to another who pledges a forfeit in return on the opposite contingency. noun
That which is wagered; also, that about which a wager is made. noun
An obsolete preterit of beat. noun
To stake or pledge upon the event of a contingent issue; to wager. transitive verb
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).
A degree of certainty.
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