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1. to risk money on a future event, for example by investing in a company or product or buying stocks or shares:bet (something) on
• Investors were willing to bet on the company, and its shares jumped $1.94 to $9.06.
• The New Jersey fund has bet $40 million on small stocks.
bet (somebody) that• The market bet heavily that the dollar would fall.
2. bet the farm/ranch informal to risk a lot of money on a future event, for example by investing in a company or product or buying stocks or shares:• Do we really want to bet the ranch on this deal?
when you risk money on a future event, for example by investing in a company or product or buying stocks or shares:• They like selling short, or making a bet that share prices will decline.
• Shearson placed a big bet on junk bonds and lost.
• a huge $11 billion bet on US interest rates that went wrong
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Ⅰ.bet UK US /bet/ verb [I or T] (past tense and past participle bet)► 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.
Ⅱ.bet UK US /bet/ noun [C]► 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.
► a guess or opinion: »Jenson's bet is that properties will remain scarce and rents will keep rising.
Financial and business terms. 2012.
