Definitions for betted

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IPA: /ˈbɛt ɪd/

Betted is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 50 anagrams from letters in betted (bdeett).

Definitions for betted

noun

1. a pledge of a forfeit risked on some uncertain outcome; wager:
2. that which is pledged:
3. something that is bet on, as a competitor in a sporting event or a number in a lottery:
4. an act or instance of betting:
5. a person, plan of action, etc., considered as being a good alternative; choice:

verb

1. a simple past tense and past participle of bet1 .

Idioms

1. you bet!, Informal. of course! surely!:

verb (used with object)

1. to wager with (something or someone).

verb (used without object)

1. to make a wager:

Origin of betted

1585-95; perhaps special use of obsolete bet better, in phrase the bet the advantage, i.e., the odds

Examples for betted

He betted her 5,000 that he would not be made a bishop, and he lost, and paid her.

He betted there would be something about it in the Wrykyn Patriot tomorrow.

I would have betted a guinea that Crevequer would borrow from me; he did.

The early Greeks betted, as we find in Homers Iliad, b. xxiii.

I never thought he had played, but he never says he has not betted.'

"I'd have betted he'd reconcile his conscience all right," smiled Arthur.

He had betted "square," and had ridden "square," and had run horses "square."

The devil, probably, would have betted on Jack's saying "No."

The Regents Park might be betted to a mole-hill with safety that she has no parallel.

And most of the crowd, who had betted heavily on the champion, were delighted.