bet
Meanings
noun
- A wager, an agreement between two parties that a stake (usually money) will be paid by the loser to the winner (the winner being the one who correctly forecast the outcome of an event).
- A candidate (for elections and pageants) or competitor (in multinational sports).
- Indicating a degree of certainty, or that something can be relied upon.
verb
- To stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event; to wager.
- To be sure of something; to be able to count on something.
- 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.
intj
- Expression of general agreement or acceptance.
- Exclamation indicating acceptance of a challenge or an absurd proposal.
- Exclamation of joy at good fortune.
noun
- Alternative form of beth (“Semitic letter”).
prep
- between
noun
- An adsorption technique used to measure the specific surface area of a solid, typically using nitrogen gas at a temperature of 77 K.
name
- A diminutive of the female name Elizabeth.
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Etymology
From 16th-century criminal slang, perhaps from Middle English bet (“something better, advantage, luck”), from Old English bet, bett (“better”, adverb); or, alternatively from abet, from Middle English abet, abette, from Old French abet (“incitement to evil”), from Old French abeter (“to entice”), from a- (“to”) + beter (“hound on, urge, to bait”); ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *baitijan (“to bait, entice”), related to Old English bǣtan (“to bait”). More at abet.
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