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 degree of certainty.
• Alternative of beth

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.

Origin

• From 16th-century criminal slang, likely from abet or Old English bætan ("to make {{l")}}; or from Old French abeter ("to entice"), from a- + beter; but in either case ultimately from Proto-Germanic. More at abet.
• From Hebrew בית
• Abbreviation.