Definitions For Bet

noun

• The act of gambling
• The money risked on a gamble
• An agreement in which people try to guess what will happen and the person who guesses wrong has to give something (such as money) to the person who guesses right
• The money or other valuable thing that you could win or lose in a bet
• A choice made by thinking about what will probably happen

verb

• Have faith or confidence in
• Maintain with or as if with a bet
• Stake on the outcome of an issue
• To make a bet : to risk losing something (such as money) if your guess about what will happen is wrong
• To risk losing (something) when you try to do or achieve something
• To make decisions that are based on the belief that something will happen or is true