bet
verb
[ bɛt ]
• risk a sum of money or valued item against someone else's on the basis of the outcome of an unpredictable event such as a race or game.
• "he bet on baseball games"
Similar:
wager,
gamble,
stake,
risk,
venture,
hazard,
chance,
lay down,
put,
place,
lay money,
put money,
lay bets,
speculate,
try one's luck,
have a flutter,
chance one's arm,
punt,
• used to express certainty.
• "I bet this place is really spooky late at night"
Similar:
be certain,
be sure,
be convinced,
be confident,
expect,
predict,
put one's shirt on,
bet
noun
• an act of betting a sum of money.
• "she had a bet on the Derby"
Similar:
wager,
stake,
gamble,
ante,
each-way bet,
place bet,
ante-post bet,
daily double,
side bet,
Yankee,
accumulator,
tricast,
perfecta,
quinella,
trifecta,
long shot,
flutter,
punt,
acca,
Origin:
late 16th century: perhaps a shortening of the obsolete noun abet ‘abetment’.
you bet
• you may be sure; certainly.
• "‘Would you like this piece of pie?’ ‘You bet!’"
