Main Entry:

²bet

Function:

verb

Inflected Form(s):

bet also bet·ted; bet·ting

Date:

1597

transitive verb1 a: to stake on the outcome of an issue or the performance of a contestant b: to be able to be sure that —usually used in the expression you bet<you bet I'll be there>2 a: to maintain with or as if with a bet b: to make a bet with c: to make a bet onintransitive verb: to lay a bet