bet

1. (n) 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). 2. (v) (transitive, ditransitive) To stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event; to wager. 3. (n) Indicating a degree of certainty, or that something can be relied upon. 4. (v) (transitive) To be sure of something; to be able to count on something. 5. (n) (Philippines, figuratively, informal) A candidate (for elections and pageants) or competitor (in multinational sports). 6. (v) (poker) 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. 7. (n) (analytical chemistry) An adsorption technique used to measure the specific surface area of a solid, typically using nitrogen gas at a temperature of 77 K. 8. (n) A diminutive of the female name Elizabeth. 9. (n) Alternative form of beth (“Semitic letter”). [The second letter of the Phoenician alphabet, 𐤁]