Main Entry: ²bet

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): bet also bet·ted; bet·ting

Date: 1597

transitive verb 1 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