betting

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛtɪŋ/

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  • (General American) IPA^(key): [ˈbɛɾɪŋ]
  • Homophone: bedding
• Rhymes: -ɛtɪŋ

Adjective

betting

1. Describing one who bets or gambles.

   If I were a betting man, I'd wager my next pay check he couldn't do that again.

Verb

betting

1. present participle of bet

Noun

betting (plural bettings)

1. The act of placing a bet.
   • 1989, Jesse O. McKee, The Choctaw:

     Once the field was prepared, and preliminaries of the game all settled, the bettings all made and goods all “staked,” night came on without the appearance of any players on the ground.

Derived terms

• betting parlor
• betting ring
• betting shop
• spread betting
• what's the betting

 

Translations

act of placing a bet

• Arabic: مُرَاهَنَة‎ f (murāhana)
• Finnish: vedonlyönti (fi)
• German: Wetten (de) n
• Macedonian: обложување n (obložuvanje), кладење n (kladenje) (slang)
• Portuguese: aposta (pt) f
• Russian: бе́ттинг m (bétting)
• Swedish: vadslagning (sv) n

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