Bet vs Investment - What's the difference?
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A wager, an agreement between two parties that a stake (usually money) will be paid by the loser to the winner (the winner being the one who correctly forecast the outcome of an event).
A degree of certainty.
To stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event; to wager.
* Shakespeare
* O. W. Holmes
To be sure of something; to be able to count on something.
(poker) To place money into the pot in order to require others do the same, usually only used for the first person to place money in the pot on each round.
The act of investing, or state of being invested.
(finance) A placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use.
* A. Hamilton
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, title= That with which anyone is invested; a vestment.
* (William Shakespeare)
(military) The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded.
* Marshall
A mixture of silica sand and plaster which, by surrounding a wax pattern, creates a negative mold of the form used for casting, among other metals, bronze.
As a proper noun bet
is a diminutive of elizabeth.As a noun investment is
the act of investing, or state of being invested.bet
English
Etymology 1
From 16th century criminal slang, likely from abet or (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- Dylan owes Fletcher $30 from an unsuccessful bet.
- It’s a safe bet that it will rain tomorrow.
- It’s an even bet that Jim will come top of the maths test tomorrow
Verb
- John a Gaunt loved him well, and betted much money on his head.
- I'll bet you two to one I'll make him do it.
- You bet !
Derived terms
* bet one's boots * bet one's bottom dollar * bet the farmEtymology 2
From (etyl)Noun
Etymology 3
investment
English
(wikipedia investment)Noun
(en noun)- An investment in ink, paper, and steel pens.
Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli, passage=Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe.
- Whose white investments figure innocence.
- The capitulation was signed by the commander of the fort within six days after its investments .