What does BET mean?
Definitions for BET
bɛtbet
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word BET.
Princeton's WordNet
stake, stakes, bet, wagernoun
the money risked on a gamble
bet, wagerverb
the act of gambling
"he did it on a bet"
bet, wagerverb
maintain with or as if with a bet
"I bet she will be there!"
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"
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"
Wiktionary
betnoun
A degree of certainty.
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.
betverb
To be sure of something; to be able to count on something.
You bet!
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.
Betnoun
A diminutive of Elizabeth.
Etymology: Named after its inventors Brunau, Emmett and Teller.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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.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.
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.
Wikipedia
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.
ChatGPT
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 Dictionary
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
Bet
of Bet
Betverb
to stake or pledge upon the event of a contingent issue; to wager
Bet
imp. & p. p. of Beat
Bet
an early form of Better
Wikidata
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 Dictionary
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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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
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.
British National Corpus
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'BET' in Written Corpus Frequency: #829
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'BET' in Verbs Frequency: #668
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of BET in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of BET in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of BET in a Sentence
Betting on you was the right thing to do, that bet has paid off for America.
I'm a better bet, i got a proven record and I campaign in a way that's based on that record and based on ideas that I've had. I've been vetted. I've been tested. I'm an open book.
Oil prices will certainly continue their journey to the north making the oil companies more profitable in the coming quarters, the rising short bets also means a rising risk of a short squeeze, where investors who have bet for the prices to fall decide to close their positions — and closing a short position involves buying back the stock.
God ... I bet if we could have gotten the prints maybe.
You should never bet against anything in science at odds of more than about 10-12 to 1.
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Translations for BET
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- راهنArabic
- басирам се, обзалагам се, бас, сигурен съм, облогBulgarian
- klaoustreañBreton
- apostar, apostaCatalan, Valencian
- vsadit, sázkaCzech
- vædde, væddemålDanish
- Wette, Bestimmtheit, wettenGerman
- ποντάρω, στοίχημα, στοιχηματίζωGreek
- veto, vetiEsperanto
- apuesta, apostarSpanish
- apustu egin, trabesBasque
- mahdollisuus, veikata, veto, lyödä vetoaFinnish
- parier, pariFrench
- התערב, התערבותHebrew
- fogadásHungarian
- taruh, bertaruhIndonesian
- scommessa, scommettereItalian
- 賭けるJapanese
- ნაძლევი, სანაძლეო, დანიძლავებაGeorgian
- eqquiniutKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- 내기Korean
- saderēt, būt, derības, likme, derētLatvian
- er van op aan kunnen, waarschijnlijkheid, weddenschap, er op kunnen rekenen, gokken, weddenDutch
- vedde på, veddemål, veddeNorwegian
- postawić, stawiać na, zakładać się, zakładPolish
- apostar, apostaPortuguese
- держать пари, ставка, биться об заклад, заклад, быть увереннымRussian
- opkladaSerbo-Croatian
- vsadiť, stávkovať, staviťSlovak
- stava, stavitiSlovene
- slå vad, vad, satsaSwedish
- పంతంTelugu
- СтавкаUkrainian
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