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Bet vs. Wage — What's the Difference?

Bet vs. Wage — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Bet and Wage

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Bet

Risk a sum of money or valued item against someone else's on the basis of the outcome of an unpredictable event such as a race or game
He bet on baseball games
I would be prepared to bet that he wanted to leave
Most people would bet their life savings on the prospect

Wage

A wage is the distribution from an employer of a security (expected return or profits derived solely from others) paid to an employee. Like interest is paid out to an investor on his investments, a wage is paid (from company earnings) to the employee on the employee's invested assets (time, money, labor, resources, and thought).

Bet

Used to express certainty
I bet this place is really spooky late at night
He'll be surprised to see me, I'll bet

Wage

A regular payment, usually on an hourly, daily, or weekly basis, made by an employer to an employee, especially for manual or unskilled work.

Bet

An act of betting a sum of money
She had a bet on the Derby
For a bet he once rode 200 miles in nine hours
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Wage

Wages The price of labor in an economy.

Bet

An agreement usually between two parties that the one who has made an incorrect prediction about an uncertain outcome will forfeit something stipulated to the other; a wager
Made a bet that it would stop raining before 2:00.

Wage

Often wages (used with a sing. or pl. verb) A fitting return; a recompense
The wages of sin.

Bet

An amount or object risked in a wager; a stake
A bet of $50.

Wage

To engage in (a war or campaign, for example).

Bet

One on which a stake is or can be placed
Our team is a sure bet to win.

Wage

(often in plural) An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour.

Bet

A plan or an option considered with regard to its probable consequence
Your best bet is to make reservations ahead of time.

Wage

To wager, bet.

Bet

(Informal) A view or opinion, especially about something that cannot be known at the present time
My bet is that the rain will hold off. My bet is he didn't do it.

Wage

To expose oneself to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard.

Bet

To stake (an amount, for example) in a bet.

Wage

To employ for wages; to hire.

Bet

To make a bet with
I bet them that we would be first.

Wage

(transitive) To conduct or carry out (a war or other contest).

Bet

To make a bet on (a contestant or an outcome).

Wage

(transitive) To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out.

Bet

To maintain confidently, as if making a bet
I bet they were surprised by the news.

Wage

To give security for the performance of

Bet

To make or place a bet.

Wage

To pledge; to hazard on the event of a contest; to stake; to bet, to lay; to wager; as, to wage a dollar.
My life I never but as a pawnTo wage against thy enemies.

Bet

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.

Wage

To expose one's self to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard.
To wake and wage a danger profitless.

Bet

A candidate (for elections and pageants).

Wage

To engage in, as a contest, as if by previous gage or pledge; to carry on, as a war.
[He pondered] which of all his sons was fitTo reign and wage immortal war with wit.
The two are waging war, and the one triumphs by the destruction of the other.

Bet

A degree of certainty.
It’s a safe bet that it will rain tomorrow.
There's a decent bet that we'll be able to reach the top of that hill in an hour.
It’s an even bet that Jim will come top of the maths test tomorrow.
There's a good bet that Sally will arrive later.

Wage

To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out.

Bet

Alternative form of beth

Wage

To put upon wages; to hire; to employ; to pay wages to.
Abundance of treasure which he had in store, wherewith he might wage soldiers.
I would have them waged for their labor.

Bet

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

Wage

To give security for the performance of.

Bet

To be sure of something; to be able to count on something.
Fancy going for a drink after work?
You bet I do!

Wage

To bind one's self; to engage.

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.

Wage

That which is staked or ventured; that for which one incurs risk or danger; prize; gage.

Bet

(knitting) between

Wage

That for which one labors; meed; reward; stipulated payment for service performed; hire; pay; compensation; - at present generally used in the plural. See Wages.
By Tom Thumb, a fairy page,He sent it, and doth him engage,By promise of a mighty wage,It secretly to carry.
Our praises are our wages.
Existing legislation on the subject of wages.

Bet

That which is laid, staked, or pledged, as between two parties, upon the event of a contest or any contingent issue; the act of giving such a pledge; a wager.

Wage

Something that remunerates;
Wages were paid by check
He wasted his pay on drink
They saved a quarter of all their earnings

Bet

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

Wage

As of wars, battles, or campaigns;
Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe

Bet

An early form of Better.

Bet

The money risked on a gamble

Bet

The act of gambling;
He did it on a bet

Bet

Maintain with or as if with a bet;
I bet she will be there!

Bet

Stake on the outcome of an issue;
I bet $100 on that new horse
She played all her money on the dark horse

Bet

Have faith or confidence in;
You can count on me to help you any time
Look to your friends for support
You can bet on that!
Depend on your family in times of crisis

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