bet
/bet/ v [I/T] (present participle betting, past tense and past participle bet)Definition
› to risk a sum of money on the unknown result of an event in the hope of winning more money than you have risked: [T] He went to the race track and bet $2 on a horse. [I] I bet that the Yankees won’t win the pennant this year. › If you bet someone that something is true or will happen, you think it is likely: [T] I bet (you) she missed the bus.
(Definition of bet v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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