bet

Pronunciation: US [bet] UK [bet]

Synonyms

n.	1. an agreement in which you bet money on what will happen, or the amount of money that you bet
v.	1. to risk an amount of money by saying what you think will happen, especially in a race or game. You lose the money if you are wrong and win more if you are right

3sg.bets

A bet on Fair Glory in the two-thirty won him twelve pounds.
Source: A. Sillitoe
'A [he] shot a fine shoot. John a Gaunt..betted much money on his head.
Source: 2 Henry IV,Shakespeare
I don't bet on horses I don't know.
Source: Thackeray
Offering to bet the driver half a crown he didn't do it in the three-quarters of an hour.
Source: J. Galsworthy
Humphrey would have betted that..Briers would take on more drink that evening.
Source: C. P. Snow
You could bet thousands of dollars against this happening.
Source: C. Isherwood