Translation
to bet, wager
Word origin
From German wetten ('to bet'), which goes back to the Germanic root wadja, a pledge. English wager and the old sense of wed ('to pledge') grew from the same root.
- Origin
- German
- Root
- wetten
- English cognates
- wager
Examples
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I bet that our team will win.
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He bet a lot of money and lost everything.
?
Do you want to bet on that?
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