[bɛt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- risk a sum of money or valued item against someone else's on the basis of the outcome of an unpredictable event such as a race or game
(e.g: he bet on baseball games)

- used to express certainty
(e.g: I bet this place is really spooky late at night)


Phrases:
- all bets are off
- don't bet on it
- want to bet?
- you bet

Origin:
late 16th century: perhaps a shortening of the obsolete noun abet ‘abetment’

[bɛt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an act of betting a sum of money
(e.g: she had a bet on the Derby)


Phrases:
- all bets are off
- don't bet on it
- want to bet?
- you bet

Origin:
late 16th century: perhaps a shortening of the obsolete noun abet ‘abetment’