n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: 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 on
intransitive verb : to lay a bet