BET

Bet

Bet, Beth, Beh, or Vet is the second letter of many Semitic abjads, including Arabic alphabet ', Aramaic, Hebrew, Phoenician and Syriac . Its value is .

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bet

Noun

  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).
    Dylan owes Fletcher $30 from an unsuccessful bet.
  2. 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

Noun (etymology 2)

Verb

  1. To stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event; to wager.
  2. To be sure of something; to be able to count on something.
    You bet!
  3. 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.


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