Translation bet in the English-French Collins dictionary

bet

(=wager) pari m
to place a bet  parier
→ He placed a bet on one of the horses.
to have a bet  parier
→ Do you always have a bet on the Grand National?
to be a good bet  * (=best course of action) être la meilleure chose à faire
it is a good bet that ...  * (=very likely) il y a de fortes chances que ...
it is a safe bet that ...  * (=very likely) il y a de fortes chances que ...
→ It is a safe bet that the current owners will not sell.
to hedge one's bets   (=play safe) se couvrir
→ Bristol have hedged their bets by not naming the team until today
  (financially) répartir les risques
→ I thought I should hedge my bets by investing in a diversity of pension funds.
my bet is (that) ..., it's my bet (that) ...  * je parie que ...
want a bet?  * tu paries?

vb (bet or betted pt, pp )

  vt
[+money] parier
to bet sb 100 pounds that ...  parier 100 livres à qn que ...
→ He bet them 500 pounds that they would lose.
to bet money on a horse  miser sur un cheval
→ if you're going to bet thousands on a horse,
I bet you (that) ...  je te parie que ...
I bet you he won't come.  Je te parie qu'il ne viendra pas.
to bet (that) ...  parier que ...
I bet he forgot.  Je parie qu'il a oublié.
→ I bet nobody's been here before.
→ I bet you were good at games when you were at school.
you bet your life!  * (=absolutely) et comment!

  vi parier
to bet on   (=put money on)
[+horse] miser sur, jouer
→ I told him which horse to bet on.
[+result] parier sur
→ Jockeys are forbidden to bet on the outcome of races.
I wouldn't bet on it  * je n'en mettrais pas ma main au feu
→ It's meant to be sunny tomorrow but I wouldn't bet on it.
you bet!  * (=absolutely) bien sûr!
→ "It's settled, then?" -- "You bet."
do you want to bet?  *, implying disbelief qu'est-ce que tu paries?, tu paries?