Definition of "bet"

bet¹

/ˈbɛt/

noun
plural bets
1. 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).
2. (Philippines, figuratively, informal, by extension) A candidate (for elections and pageants).
3. Indicating a degree of certainty, or that something can be relied upon.
verb
third-person singular simple present bets, present participle betting, simple past and past participle bet or betted
1. To stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event; to wager.
  Quotations
  John a Gaunt loved him well, and betted much money on his head.
  c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act III, scene ii]
  I'll bet you two to one I'll make him do it.
  1858, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., The Deacon's Masterpiece or The Wonderful One-Hoss Shay
2. To be sure of something; to be able to count on something.
3. (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.
interjection
1. Expression of general agreement or acceptance.
  Quotations
  He asked if KRS could come by and meet up with a few of us there on Monday night, as he wanted to show him the church and have me build with him. Aight, bet.
  2008 November 5, S.O.U.LMag‎, number 13, page 66
  Then I rocked the Kansas show and after Jay said, ‘Look, if you want, you can go on tour with us and open and close the shows, but we can’t pay you, but we’ll make sure you get the exposure.’ So I said bet,
  2013 September 16, Insight News‎, volume 40, number 38, published 2013 September 12, page 6
  She texted Jimenez and told him it was a nice time, but she wasn’t feeling him and apologized. “Bet,” Jimenez replied, because she kind of pissed him off with that comment.
  2017 November 6, The DePaulia‎, volume 102, number 8, DePaul University, published 2017 November 4, page 20
2. Exclamation indicating acceptance of a challenge or an absurd proposal.
  Quotations
  What you may not have stopped to consider is that Big Clit Energy (here referred to as B.C.E.) has been around since... BCE! Eve? She looked sin in the eye and said, “Bet.”
  2018 September 4, The Rice Thresher‎, volume 103, number 3, Rice University, page 9
  “(Drummer Brenden Accettura) texted me that and was like, ‘Should we name our band The Hot Mess Express?’ and I said, ‘Bet.’ So now that’s our name,” Abbie said, getting words out between laughs.
  2019 April 30, Key Magazine‎, Bowling Green State University: BG Falcon Media, page 26
3. Exclamation of joy at good fortune.
  Quotations
  I started making jokes about him feeling like tough sh*t after that presentation haha. Everyone at school geeked his head up [inflated his ego]. He probably got two fruit cups from the lunch lady that day and said, “Bet! I’m gonna keep doing this!”
  2019 May 31, CopyWrite Magazine‎, number 14, page 43

bet²

/ˈbɛt/

noun
plural bets
1. Alternative form of beth (“Semitic letter”)

bet³

/ˈbɛt/

preposition
1. (knitting) between
  Quotations
  insert right-hand needle bet 2 sts just knitted
  1998, Kristin Nicholas, Knitting the New Classics, page 63

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