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!
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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