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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance; "led a dissipated life"; "a betting man"; "a card-playing son of a bitch"; "a gambling fool"; "sporting gents and their ladies" [syn: dissipated, betting, card-playing, sporting]

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 gambling by risking money on an unpredictable outcome. 2 the odds offered in this. Phrases and idioms: betting-shop Brit. a bookmaker's shop or office. what's the betting? colloq. it is likely or to be expected (what's the betting he'll be late?).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bet Bet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bet, Betted; p. pr. & vb. n. Betting.] To stake or pledge upon the event of a contingent issue; to wager. John a Gaunt loved him well, and betted much money on his head. --Shak. I'll bet you two to one I'll make him do it. --O. W. Holmes.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you say the betting is that something will happen or is true, you are suggesting that it is very likely to happen or to be true. The betting is that the experience will make Japan more competitive still. PHRASE: PHR that