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"
maintain with or as if with a bet; "I bet she will be there!"
stake on the outcome of an issue; "I bet $100 on that new horse"; "She played all her money on the dark horse"
GAMBLE
a risky act or venture
money that is risked for possible monetary gain
play games for money
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"
PUT
estimate; "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M."
arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"
formulate in a particular style or language;
attribute or give; "She put too much emphasis on her the last statement"; "He put all his efforts into this job"; "The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story"
cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation; "That song put me in awful good humor"; "put your ideas in writing"
put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"
adapt; "put these words to music"
the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date