bet
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).
Example
“Dylan owes Fletcher $30 from an unsuccessful bet.”
Other meanings
Indicating a degree of certainty, or that something can be relied upon.
“It’s a safe bet that it will rain tomorrow.”
A candidate (for elections and pageants) or competitor (in multinational sports).
Synonyms
- stake
Example sentences
Word history
From Old French "abeter" (to entice).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “bet” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.