Betekenis van bet In het Nederlands

• 0 to risk money on the result of an event or a competition, such as a horse race, in the hope of winning more money:

  • He regularly goes to the races and bets heavily.

  • She bet £500,000 on the horse that came in second.

  • [ + two objects, + (, that, ) ] I bet you $25 (that) I'll get there before you.

  • [ + (that) ] I bet you (that) she's missed the bus.

  • I bet (that) he won't come.

• 1 an amount of money that you risk on the result of an event or a competition, such as a horse race:

  • She had a bet on the race.

  • He placed/put a bet on the grey horse.

  • [ + (that) ] My bet is (that) their baby will be a girl.

• 2 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.

  • [ T ] I bet (you) she missed the bus.

• 3 an agreement to risk money on the unknown result of an event:

  • He placed a bet on the race.

  • My bet is that the senator will decide not to run again.

  • Putting your savings in a high-interest account is a good bet/your best bet.

• 4 to risk money on something that may happen in the future:

  • bet (sth) on sth In his opinion, no fee can compensate for the risk of betting a large chunk of a firm's capital on a single deal.

  • bet that Some investors are betting that interest rates will rise.

  • bet against sth You wouldn't want to bet against inflation rising later in the year.

• 5 to risk a lot of money on something that may happen in the future:

  • I hope we attract lots of customers because we've bet the ranch on this place.

• 6 used to say that you feel certain that something is true or will happen:

  • If the salary was high enough, I bet she'd take the job.

  • I'll bet that only about 25% of those bottles are recycled.

• 7 an act of risking money on something that may happen in the future:

  • make a bet on sth A lot of people made a bet on housing and lost.

  • a bet pays off He borrowed heavily to start the business, and the bet has paid off.

• 8 a guess or opinion:

  • Jenson's bet is that properties will remain scarce and rents will keep rising.

• 9 something that is likely to happen or have a good result in the future:

  • The bank says this account is a safe bet and a good alternative to investing in shares.

• 10 the decision or choice that someone can make that is likely to have the best result:

  • Your best bet would be to sell the shares.