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From 16th-century criminal slang, perhaps from Middle English bet (“something better, advantage, luck”), from Old English bet, bett (“better”, adverb); or, alternatively from abet, from Middle English abet, abette, from Old French abet (“incitement to evil”), from Old French abeter (“to entice”), from a- (“to”) + beter (“hound on, urge, to bait”); ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *baitijan (“to bait, entice”), related to Old English bǣtan (“to bait”). More at abet.

Named after its inventors Brunauer, Emmett and Teller.

From Hebrew בית (bēt).

Abbreviation.

163 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: bast — a wager
• Arabic: رِهَان (rihān) — a wager
• Arabic: مُرَاهَنَة (murāhana) — a wager
• Basque: trabes — a wager
• Belarusian: закла́д (zaklád) — a wager
• Bulgarian: бас (bas) — a wager
• Bulgarian: обло́г (oblóg) — a wager
• Catalan: aposta — a wager
• Catalan: juguesca — a wager
• Cebuano: pusta — a wager
• Chinese Mandarin: 打賭 /打赌 (dǎdǔ) — a wager
• Czech: sázka — a wager
• Danish: væddemål — a wager
• Dutch: weddenschap — a wager
• Esperanto: veto — a wager
• Finnish: veto — a wager
• French: pari — a wager
• Georgian: სანაძლეო (sanaʒleo) — a wager
• Georgian: ნაძლევი (naʒlevi) — a wager
• German: Wette — a wager
• Greek: στοίχημα (stoíchima) — a wager
• Greenlandic: eqquiniut — a wager
• Hebrew: התערבות (hitarvut) — a wager
• Hungarian: fogadás — a wager
• Icelandic: veðmál — a wager
• Ilocano: pusta — a wager
• Ingrian: veto — a wager
• Italian: scommessa — a wager
• Kazakh: бәс (bäs) — a wager
• Khmer: ទូ (tuu) — a wager
• Central Kurdish: مەرج (merc) — a wager
• Central Kurdish: گِرێو (girêw) — a wager
• Latin: sponsiō — a wager
• Latvian: likme — a wager
• Latvian: derības — a wager
• Lingala: mondenge — a wager
• Macedonian: облог (oblog) — a wager
• Maltese: mħatra — a wager
• Norman: gageaille — a wager
• Norwegian: veddemål — a wager
• Pangasinan: pusta — a wager
• Plautdietsch: Wad — a wager
• Polish: zakład — a wager
• Portuguese: aposta — a wager
• Russian: ста́вка (stávka) — a wager
• Russian: закла́д (zaklád) — a wager
• Russian: пари́ (parí) — a wager
• Scottish Gaelic: geall — a wager
• Serbo-Croatian: opklada — a wager
• Slovak: stávka — a wager
• Slovene: stava — a wager
• Spanish: apuesta — a wager
• Swedish: vad — a wager
• Tagalog: patnaw — a wager
• Tagalog: pusta — a wager
• Telugu: పందెము (pandemu) — a wager
• Thai: การเดิมพัน — a wager
• Tibetan: རྒྱན (rgyan) — a wager
• Turkish: bahis — a wager
• Ottoman Turkish: بحث (bahs, bahis) — a wager
• Ukrainian: закла́д (zaklád) — a wager
• Ukrainian: ста́вка (stávka) — a wager
• Zazaki: bahs (diq) — a wager
• Dutch: waarschijnlijkheid — a degree of certainty
• Finnish: mahdollisuus — a degree of certainty
• German: Wahrscheinlichkeit — a degree of certainty
• Portuguese: aposta — a degree of certainty
• Arabic: رَاهَنَ (rāhana) — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Arabic: راهن (rāhin) — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Basque: apustu egin — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Breton: klaoustreañ — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Bulgarian: обзалагам се (obzalagam se) — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Bulgarian: басирам се (basiram se) — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Catalan: apostar — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Cebuano: pusta — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Chinese Mandarin: 打賭 /打赌 (dǎdǔ) — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Czech: vsadit — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Czech: vsadit se — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Danish: vædde — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Dutch: gokken — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Dutch: wedden — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Esperanto: veti — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Faroese: vedda — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Finnish: lyödä vetoa — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Finnish: veikata — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• French: parier — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Galician: apostar — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Galician: aventurar — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Georgian: დანიძლავება (daniʒlaveba) — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• German: wetten — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Greek: ποντάρω (pontáro) — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Greek: στοιχηματίζω (stoichimatízo) — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Hebrew: התערב (hit'arév) — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Hindi: बाज़ी (bāzī) — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Hungarian: fogad — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Icelandic: veðja — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Ilocano: agpusta — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Indonesian: taruh — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Ingrian: löövvä vettoa — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Italian: scommettere — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Japanese: 賭ける (kakeru) — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Kazakh: бәстесу (bästesu) — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Kazakh: бәс тігісу (bäs tıgısu) — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Khmer: ភ្នាល់ (pnoal) — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Ladin: mëter pën — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Latin: faciō sponsiōnem — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Latvian: derēt — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Latvian: saderēt — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Māori: petipeti — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Nepali: बाजी (bājī) — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Norman: gagi — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Norman: pathier — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Norwegian: vedde — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Pangasinan: pusta — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Polish: postawić — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Polish: zakładać się — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Polish: obstawić — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Portuguese: apostar — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Russian: би́ться об закла́д (bítʹsja ob zaklád) — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Russian: держа́ть пари́ (deržátʹ parí) — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Scottish Gaelic: cuir geall — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Serbo-Croatian: oklada — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Slovak: staviť — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Slovak: vsadiť — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Slovak: stávkovať — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Slovene: staviti — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Spanish: apostar — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Swedish: slå vad — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Tagalog: pumusta — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Thai: พนัน (pá-nan) — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Thai: เดิมพัน (dəəm-pan) — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Turkish: bahse girmek — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Turkish: iddiaya girmek — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Ottoman Turkish: بحث ایتمك (bahs etmek) — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Ukrainian: би́тися об закла́д (býtysja ob zaklád) — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Vietnamese: cá — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Vietnamese: cược — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Vietnamese: cá cược — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Welsh: betio — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Welsh: cyngwystlo — to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event
• Bulgarian: сигурен съм (siguren sǎm) — to be sure of something
• Catalan: apostar — to be sure of something
• Czech: vsadit se — to be sure of something
• Dutch: er op kunnen rekenen — to be sure of something
• Dutch: er van op aan kunnen — to be sure of something
• Finnish: olla varma — to be sure of something
• Italian: stare sicuro — to be sure of something
• Latvian: būt pārliecinātam — to be sure of something
• Norwegian: vedde på — to be sure of something
• Polish: stawiać na — to be sure of something
• Portuguese: apostar — to be sure of something
• Russian: быть уверенным (bytʹ uverennym) — to be sure of something
• Slovak: staviť sa — to be sure of something
• Spanish: apostar — to be sure of something
• Spanish: a que — to be sure of something
• Spanish: apostar que sí — to be sure of something
• Spanish: seguro que — to be sure of something
• Bulgarian: залагам (zalagam) — to place money into the pot in poker
• Bulgarian: заложа (založa) — to place money into the pot in poker
• Finnish: panostaa — to place money into the pot in poker
• Latvian: nosaukt likmi — to place money into the pot in poker
• Spanish: apostar — to place money into the pot in poker
• Swedish: satsa — to place money into the pot in poker