bet
maintain with or as if with a bet
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,686 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,210 times across 191,625 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- maintain with or as if with a bet also: wager I bet she will be there!
- stake on the outcome of an issue also: wager, play I bet $100 on that new horseShe played all her money on the dark horse
- have faith or confidence in also: count, depend, swear, rely, bank, look you can count on me to help you any timeLook to your friends for support
noun
- the money risked on a gamble also: stake, stakes, wager
- the act of gambling also: wager he did it on a bet
bet in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Got a bet on to get there by sunrise....
The City of Fire · Grace Livingston Hill · Chapter 1
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I'll bet a carload uh steers it is--Bud Thurston.
The Lure of the Dim Trails · B. M. Bower · Chapter 1
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You can bet that prying strangers ain't welcome around Innsmouth.
The Shadow over Innsmouth · H.P. Lovecraft · Chapter 1
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No one would think anything about it, and you can bet I wouldn't breathe a word of it.
The New Boy at Hilltop, and Other Stories · Ralph Henry Barbour · Chapter 2
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He sternly scorned to toss the coin, howe'er his friends might fret-- Our good Attorney-General who never made a bet.
Punch — Volume 100, January 31, 1891 · Various · Chapter 1