Bet
[bet] or [bɛt]
Definition
(noun.) the act of gambling; 'he did it on a bet'.
(verb.) maintain with or as if with a bet; 'I bet she will be there!'.
(verb.) stake on the outcome of an issue; 'I bet $100 on that new horse'; 'She played all her money on the dark horse'.
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Definition
(n.) That which is laid, staked, or pledged, as between two parties, upon the event of a contest or any contingent issue; the act of giving such a pledge; a wager.
(imp. & p. p.) of Bet
(v. t.) To stake or pledge upon the event of a contingent issue; to wager.
(-) imp. & p. p. of Beat.
(a. & adv.) An early form of Better.
Typed by Leigh
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Wager, stake.
v. n. Wager, lay a wager, make a bet.
v. a. Stake, pledge, wager, lay, wage.
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Definition
n. a wager: something staked to be lost or won on the result of a doubtful issue as a horse-race or the like.—v.t. and v.i. to lay or stake as a bet:—pr.p. bet′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. bet or bet′ted.—ns. Bet′ter one who bets—also Bet′tor; Bet′ting act of betting or proposing a wager.—An even bet an equal chance.—You bet in American slang certainly.
Typist: Preston
Unserious Contents or Definition
Betting on races, beware of engaging in new undertakings. Enemies are trying to divert your attention from legitimate business. Betting at gaming tables, denotes that immoral devices will be used to wring money from you.
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Examples
- If your crop comes shorter into market than any of theirs, you won't lose your bet, I suppose? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He continued to bet on his own play, but began often to fail. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I'll bet he never had to go over and find his people and do a show like this. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I'll bet that will be easy. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Osborne meanwhile, wild with elation, went off to a play-table, and began to bet frantically. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Cause enough, I'll bet a pound! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Do you know, Ma'am, that once Quintin, of the 14th, bet me-- O Joseph, we know that story, said Amelia, laughing. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- An examination of his betting-book shows that bets to the amount of five thousand pounds had been registered by him against the favorite. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Silas Brown, the trainer, is known to have had large bets upon the event, and he was no friend to poor Straker. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I think he makes bets. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Everybody does lose who bets. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- There were bets among the gentlemen both about Russell Square and in the City. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- They were all feverish, boastful, and indefinably loose; and they all ate and drank a great deal; and made bets in eating and drinking. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- An examination of his betting-book shows that bets to the amount of five thousand pounds had been registered by him against the favorite. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was here that poor Fred Vincy had made part of his memorable debt, having lost money in betting, and been obliged to borrow of that gay companion. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Lydgate, by betting on his own strokes, had won sixteen pounds; but young Hawley's arrival had changed the poise of things. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- How is the betting? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- He attended to his game commonly and didn't much meddle with the conversation, except when it was about horses and betting. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Up to the time of the catastrophe he was the first favorite for the Wessex Cup, the betting being three to one on him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- As Desborough, their horse, was second in the betting, they had an interest in the disappearance of the favorite. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- You'd have betted a hundred pound to five, now, that you wouldn't have seen me here, wouldn't you? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
Typist: Pearl