Definitions for BET
bɛtbet

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stake, stakes, bet, wagernoun

   the money risked on a gamble

2. bet, wagerverb

   the act of gambling

   "he did it on a bet"

3. bet, wagerverb

   maintain with or as if with a bet

   "I bet she will be there!"

4. bet, wager, playverb

   stake on the outcome of an issue

   "I bet $100 on that new horse"; "She played all her money on the dark horse"

5. count, bet, depend, look, calculate, reckonverb

   have faith or confidence in

   "you can count on me to help you any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You can bet on that!"; "Depend on your family in times of crisis"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. betnoun

   A degree of certainty.

2. betverb

   To agree that payment be made to the successful forecaster of the result of an event (usually sporting) by the other party in the agreement. To make a guess about the outcome of an event.

3. betverb

   To be sure of something; to be able to count on something.

   You bet!

4. betverb

   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.

5. Betnoun

   A diminutive of Elizabeth.

6. Etymology: Named after its inventors Brunau, Emmett and Teller.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BETnoun

   A wager; something laid to be won upon certain conditions.

   Etymology: weddian, to wager; wed, a wager, Sax. from which the etymologists derive bet. I should rather imagine it to come from betan, to mend, encrease, or better, as a bet encreases the original wager.

   The hoary fool, who many days
   Has struggl’d with continu’d sorrow,
   Renews his hope, and blindly lays
   The desp’rate bet upon tomorrow. Matthew Prior.

   His pride was in piquette,
   Newmarket fame, and judgment at a bet. Alexander Pope.

2. Betthe old preterite of beat.

   He staid for a better hour, till the hammer had wrought and bet the party more pliant. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

3. To Betverb

   To wager; to stake at a wager.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   He drew a good bow: and dead? John of Gaunt loved him well, and betted much upon his head. William Shakespeare, Henry IV. p. ii.

   He flies the court for want of clothes,
   Cries out ’gainst cocking, since he cannot bet. Ben Jonson.

   The god, unhappily engag’d,
   Complain’d, and sigh’d, and cry’d, and fretted,
   Lost ev’ry earthly thing he betted. Matthew Prior.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BET

   Black Entertainment Television (acronym BET) is an American basic cable channel targeting African-American audiences. It is owned by the CBS Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Global via BET Networks and has offices in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and was formerly headquartered in Washington, D.C.As of February 2015, approximately 88,255,000 American households (75.8% of households with television) receive the channel.

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1. bet

   A bet is an agreement between two or more parties where they predict the outcome of an event, such as a game or sports competition, and stake a specified amount of money or goods on that outcome. The party correctly predicting the outcome wins what is specified in the agreement, typically the pooled amount of what is staked. Placing a bet often occurs in the context of gambling.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Betnoun

   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

2. Bet

   of Bet

3. Betverb

   to stake or pledge upon the event of a contingent issue; to wager

4. Bet

   imp. & p. p. of Beat

5. Bet

   an early form of Better

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1. Bet

   Bet, Beth, Beh, or Vet is the second letter of many Semitic abjads, including Arabic alphabet bāʾ ب, Aramaic, Hebrew ב, Phoenician and Syriac ܒ. Its value is. This letter's name means "house" in various Semitic languages, and appears to derive from a Middle Bronze Age picture of a house by acrophony. The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek Beta, Latin B, and Cyrillic Б, В.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bet

   bet, 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. [Prob. shortened from the noun Abet.]

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1. bet

   The bet symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the bet symbol and its characteristic.

2. BET

   What does BET stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the BET acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BET

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Bet is ranked #102688 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Bet surname appeared 175 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Bet.
   
   85.1% or 149 total occurrences were White.
   8.5% or 15 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.8% or 5 total occurrences were Black.
   2.8% or 5 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Gamble
   • Predict
   • Trust

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'BET' in Written Corpus Frequency: #829

2. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'BET' in Verbs Frequency: #668

How to pronounce BET?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say BET in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of BET in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of BET in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of BET in a Sentence

1. Tony Ressler:

   It’s complicated, of course, because what we’re trying to convince people is we’re building something, but let’s not kid ourselves, our job is to run a good business, what we are trying to achieve is literally keeping our best players, as you could imagine, trying to make clear that we’re going to have to spend a lot more than we have this season. We fully expect that. I’m not sure we’re going to be able to keep every single player that we want to keep. Pretty good bet, pretty good assumption we will not. But I do think we have several years that we should be able to build some real stability. If the question is are we scared of the tax, are we scared of going into the tax? I’m scared of paying the tax and not being a good team, yes, that I’m scared of, but if we have to go into the tax to be a great team for a period of time, so be it.

2. Tony Jacklin:

   If it's a week when 70 percent of the time the players are just trying to keep the ball in play with those two-iron 'stingers', it could be a factor for Tiger. If he makes a few putts I wouldn't bet against him, tiger has won three British Opens and has played a monumental amount of links golf. If he doesn't need the driver, it will be a big plus for him, because for me that club is his weakness.

3. Frank Barbera:

   Right now is a great time to play defense and review risk rather than try to make a bet on something that's in the early innings.

4. Janice Stein:

   It will be -- when this legislation passes -- a criminal act to support terrorism, so, that is criminalizing speech rather than behavior. That one, I bet, will be tested in the courts.

5. Barack Obama:

   The guy is so arrogant, I bet he talks about himself in the third person.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=BET
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bet
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=BET
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bet
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/BET
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=BET
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=BET
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html