Betted vs Letted - What's the difference?

betted | letted |

As verbs the difference between betted and letted

is that betted is simple past of bet while letted is simple past of let; hindered.

betted

English

Verb

(head)

(bet)

bet

English

Etymology 1

From 16th century criminal slang, likely from abet or (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

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).

Dylan owes Fletcher $30 from an unsuccessful bet.

A degree of certainty.

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

To stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event; to wager.

* Shakespeare

John a Gaunt loved him well, and betted much money on his head.

* O. W. Holmes

I'll bet you two to one I'll make him do it.

To be sure of something; to be able to count on something.

You bet !

(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.

Derived terms

* bet one's boots * bet one's bottom dollar * bet the farm

Etymology 2

From (etyl)

Noun

Etymology 3

letted

English

Verb

(head)

(archaic) (let); hindered.

let

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) leten, .

Verb

(label) To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without (to)).

*(Bible), (w) viii. 28

*:Pharaoh said, I will let you go.

*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

*:If your name be Horatio, as I am let to know it is

*1971 , , (The Tombs of Atuan)

*:He could not be let die of thirst there alone in the dark.

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To leave.

*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)

*:Yet neither spins nor cards, ne cares nor frets, / But to her mother Nature all her care she lets .

(label) To allow the release of (a fluid).

(label) To allow possession of (a property etc.) in exchange for rent.

(label) To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; often with out .

(label)

To cause (+ bare infinitive).

Soo within a whyle kynge Pellinore cam with a grete hoost / and salewed the peple and the kyng / and ther was grete ioye made on euery syde / Thenne the kyng lete serche how moche people of his party ther was slayne / And ther were founde but lytel past two honderd men slayne and viij kny?tes of the table round in their pauelions

*1818 , (John Keats), "To—":

*:Time's sea hath been five years at its slow ebb, / Long hours have to and fro let creep the sand.

Synonyms

* (to allow) allow, permit

Usage notes

The use of "let" to introduce an imperative may sometimes be confused with its use, as its own imperative , in the sense of "to allow". For example, the sentence "Let me go to the store." could either be a second-person imperative of "let" (addressing someone who might prevent the speaker from going to the store) or a first-person singular imperative of "go" (not implying any such preventer).

Etymology 2

(etyl) . More at late, delay.

Verb

(archaic) To hinder, prevent; to obstruct (someone or something).

* Bible, 2. Thessalonians ii. 7

He who now letteth' will ' let , until he be taken out of the way.

* Tennyson

Mine ancient wound is hardly whole, / And lets me from the saddle.

(obsolete) To prevent or obstruct (to) do something, or (that) something happen.

* 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Acts VIII:

And as they went on their waye, they cam unto a certayne water, and the gelded man sayde: Se here is water, what shall lett me to be baptised?

Noun

(en noun)

An obstacle or hindrance.

*, II.16:

*:Paulus Emilius'' going to the glorious expedition of ''Macedon'', advertised the people of ''Rome'' during his absence not to speake of his actions: ''For the licence of judgements is an especiall let in great affaires.

*Latimer

*:Consider whether your doings be to the let of your salvation or not.

(tennis) The hindrance caused by the net during serve, only if the ball falls legally.

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