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betting

noun
noun
BrE BrE//ˈbetɪŋ//
; NAmE NAmE//ˈbetɪŋ//
[uncountable]
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  • the act of risking money, etc. on the unknown result of an event illegal betting see also spread betting Oxford Collocations DictionaryBetting is used before these nouns: man, shop, slip, … See full entry
    • Idioms
    what’s the betting…?, the betting is that…
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    (informal) it seems likely that… What's the betting that he gets his own way? The betting is that he'll get his own way.
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