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Bet   /bɛt/   Listen
verb
Bet  v. t.  (past & past part. bet; pres. part. betting)  To stake or pledge upon the event of a contingent issue; to wager. "John a Gaunt loved him well, and betted much money on his head." "I'll bet you two to one I'll make him do it."



Bet  v.  Imp. & p. p. of Beat. (Obs.)



noun
Bet  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. "Having made his bets."



adjective
Bet  adj., adv.  An early form of Better. (Obs.)
To go bet, to go fast; to hurry. (Obs.)






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"Bet" Quotes from Famous Books



... early in the mornings, and it's ripping. No, we don't use them at this time of the year, because the marble is cold to sit upon, and the garden is damp really, although it looks so jolly. You should see it in a sirocco wind! You wouldn't want to have classes outside then, you bet! It's luck you're in the Transition form. If you'd been one of Miss Rodger's elect eleven, or one of Miss Brewster's lambs, I'd have had to chum with you by stealth. I'd have managed it somehow, of course, to please ...
— The Jolliest School of All • Angela Brazil

... the Tuileries, although we are now in camp at Finkenstein. The pastimes in which his Majesty and his general officers indulged recalled these anecdotes to my recollection. These gentlemen often made wagers or bets among themselves; and I heard the Duke of Vicenza one day bet that Monsieur Jardin, junior, equerry of his Majesty, mounted backwards on his horse, could reach the end of the avenue in front of the chateau in the space of a few moments; which bet the ...
— The Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte • Bourrienne, Constant, and Stewarton

... day was e'er so bright, So black was never a night, As will your boots be, if you get Them blacked right in here, you bet!" ...
— English as She is Wrote - Showing Curious Ways in which the English Language may be - made to Convey Ideas or obscure them. • Anonymous

... stopped the dogs an' listened. It was just about noon an' the travelin' was good, so that, wantin' to make time, I got good an' mad at the stop. Knowin' my Indian, I kep' quiet just the same, always bein' willin' to bet on an Indian bein' right on the trail. First off, I could notice nothin', then, when I threw back my parka hood I could hear a boomin' in the air as though some one was beatin' a gong, miles and miles away. It was so steady a sound that after you had once heard it for a while you wouldn't ...
— The Boy With the U.S. Census • Francis Rolt-Wheeler

... over there. I can see by her profile she's hanging around to buy you your dinner to-night. Whatta you bet she springs the appointment-book yarn on you and ...
— Every Soul Hath Its Song • Fannie Hurst


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