A bet is a
gambling
Gambling (also known as betting or gaming) is the wagering of something of value ("the stakes") on a random event with the intent of winning something else of value, where instances of strategy are discounted. Gambling thus requires three el ...
wager.
Bet or BET may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
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Bet Lynch
Bet Lynch (also Gilroy) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''. Portrayed by Julie Goodyear, the character first appeared on screen during the episode airing on Monday 25 May 1966. Appearing over 25 years, ...
, a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''
* Elizabeth "Bet" Yeager, protagonist of ''
Rimrunners'', a science fiction novel
* the title character of ''
Bet, Queen of Jordan'', a 1924 Dutch film
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"Bet" (song), a 2019 song by Octavian
*"Bet", a song from ''
Aquarius
Aquarius may refer to:
Astrology
* Aquarius (astrology), an astrological sign
* Age of Aquarius, a time period in the cycle of astrological ages
Astronomy
* Aquarius (constellation)
* Aquarius in Chinese astronomy
Arts and entertainment ...
'', a 2014 Tinashe album
Business and economics
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BET
Black Entertainment Television (acronym BET) is an American basic cable channel targeting African-American audiences. It is owned by the CBS Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Global via BET Networks and has offices in New York City, Los A ...
, Black Entertainment Television, an American television channel
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Budapest Stock Exchange
Budapest Stock Exchange (BSE) ( hu, Budapesti Értéktőzsde (BÉT)) is the Stock exchange, 2nd largest stock exchange in Central and Eastern Europe by market capitalization and Market liquidity, liquidity. It is located at 55 Krisztina Boulevar ...
(''in
Hungarian'' Budapesti Értéktőzsde (BÉT))
* BET plc, formerly
British Electric Traction
British Electric Traction Company Limited, renamed BET plc in 1985, was a large British industrial conglomerate. It was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but was acquired by Rentokil in 1996, and the merged company is now known as Rent ...
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Biotechnia Ellinikon Trikyklon
Biotechnia Ellinikon Trikyklon (Βιοτεχνία Ελληνικών Τρίκυκλων, "Greek Three-Wheeler Manufacturer"), or BET, was a small vehicle manufacturer founded in Athens by Petros Konstantinou. It was one of several manufacturers ...
, a Greek vehicle manufacturer that ceased production in 1975
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Basic Economics Test
Places
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Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti (prefecture)
Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Prefecture was the largest of the 14 prefectures of Chad between 1960 and 1999. It was transformed into Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region, one of the 18 regions into which the country has been divided since 2002. Its name is ofte ...
, a former prefecture of Chad
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Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti (region) The Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti (BET) was until 2008 one of the then 18 regions of Chad, its capital being Faya-Largeau. It comprised the former Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Prefecture. Most of the region was part of the Sahara desert.
In 2008, this region ...
, a former region of Chad
People
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Bet van Beeren
Bet van Beeren (12 February 1902—16 July 1967) was a flamboyant, legendary bar owner in Amsterdam. While hers wasn't the first bar that allowed LGBT persons to openly associate, the fact that she was openly lesbian, and accepting of a very dive ...
(1902—1967), legendary bar owner in Amsterdam
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Bet Low
Bet Low (28 December 1924 – 2 December 2007) was a Scottish figurative and landscape painter, notable as one of the Glasgow School#The Glasgow Girls, Glasgow Girls, and as a co-founder of the Clyde Group.
Life
Born in Gourock, Bet Low g ...
(1924–2007), Scottish painter
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Aldo Bet
Aldo Bet (; born 26 March 1949) is a retired Italian professional footballer who played as a defender. An old-fashioned stopper, he was a sturdy and physically imposing defender, who was known for his tenacious man marking of opposing players.
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(born 1949), Italian former footballer
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Yelena Bet
Yelena Bet (sometimes listed as Alana Bets, born May 2, 1976) is a Belarusian sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid-2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she earned her best finish of sixth in the K-4 500 m event at Sydney in 2000 ...
(born 1976), Belarusian sprint canoer
Science
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BET theory
Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) theory aims to explain the physical adsorption of gas molecules on a solid surface and serves as the basis for an important analysis technique for the measurement of the specific surface area of materials. The obse ...
, an adsorption model for gases named after physicists Brunauer, Emmett and Teller
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Blade element theory Blade element theory (BET) is a mathematical process originally designed by William Froude (1878), David W. Taylor (1893) and Stefan Drzewiecki to determine the behavior of propellers. It involves breaking a blade down into several small parts th ...
to determine the behaviour of propellers
* Bromo- and Extra-Terminal domain (BET) family of
Bromodomain
A bromodomain is an approximately 110 amino acid protein domain that recognizes acetylated lysine residues, such as those on the ''N''-terminal tails of histones. Bromodomains, as the "readers" of lysine acetylation, are responsible in transducin ...
-containing proteins
Other uses
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Bet (letter)
Bet, Beth, Beh, or Vet is the second letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician Bēt , Hebrew Bēt , Aramaic Bēth , Syriac Bēṯ , and Arabic . Its sound value is the voiced bilabial stop ⟨b⟩ or the voiced labiodental fricativ ...
, the second letter in many Semitic alphabets, including Phoenician, Hebrew, Syriac, and Arabic
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BET Awards
The BET Awards is an American award show that was established in 2001 by the Black Entertainment Television network to celebrate black entertainers and other minorities in music, film, sports and philanthropy. The awards, which are presented annua ...
, established in 2001 by Black Entertainment Television
* BET, IATA code for
Bethel Airport
Bethel Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 kilometre, km) southwest of the central business district of Bethel, Alaska, Bethel, a city in the Bethel Census Area, Alaska, Bethel Census Area of the ...
, Alaska
* BET, National Rail station code for
Bethnal Green railway station
Bethnal Green is a London Overground station on the Lea Valley lines in the southern part of Bethnal Green, in East London. The station is down the line from London Liverpool Street; the next station is either (on the branch) or (on the rou ...
, London
See also
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Bayt (disambiguation)Bayt/Beit/Beth/Bet (disambiguation), meaning 'house' in various Semitic languages; part of many place-names
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Bet Bet Creek
Bet Bet Creek in west Victoria starts below Ben Major, Victoria (west of Lexton) at an elevation of 479m and ends at an elevation of 165m flowing into the Loddon River at the Laanecoorie Reservoir. The Bet Bet Creek drops around 314m over its 87 ...
, Victoria, Australia
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Beth (disambiguation)
Beth may refer to:
Letter and number
*Bet (letter), or beth, the second letter of the Semitic abjads (writing systems)
*Hebrew word for "house", often used in the name of synagogues and schools (e.g. Beth Israel)
Name
*Beth (given name) lists p ...
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Bets (disambiguation) Bets may refer to:
* Betting
* Jogo de bets, a Brazilian bat-and-ball game related to cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each e ...
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Betty (disambiguation) Betty and Bettie are common diminutives for the feminine given names Elizabeth and Bethany.
Betty and Bettie may also refer to:
Places
* Bettié Department, a department of the Ivory Coast
** Bettié, a town and commune in the Ivory Coast
* Be ...
*
Elizabeth (disambiguation)
Elizabeth or Elisabeth may refer to:
People
* Elizabeth (given name), a female given name (including people with that name)
* Elizabeth (biblical figure), mother of John the Baptist
Ships
* HMS ''Elizabeth'', several ships
* ''Elisabeth'' (sch ...
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Old Bet
Old Bet (died July 24, 1816) was the first circus elephant and the second elephant brought to the United States. There are reports of an elephant brought to the United States in 1796, but it is not known for certain that this was the elephant that ...
(died 1816), the first circus elephant and the second elephant brought to the United States
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Shire of Bet Bet
The Shire of Bet Bet was a local government area located about northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1861 until 1995.
History
Bet Bet was first incorporated as a roa ...
, Victoria, Australia, a local government area
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The Bet (disambiguation)
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