Bet

A bet is a gambling wager.

Bet or BET may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• Bet Lynch, a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Coronation Street
• Elizabeth "Bet" Yeager, protagonist of Rimrunners, a science fiction novel
• the title character of Bet, Queen of Jordan, a 1924 Dutch film
• "Bet" (song), a 2019 song by Octavian
• "Bet", a song from Aquarius, a 2014 Tinashe album

Business and economics

• BET, Black Entertainment Television, an American television channel
• Budapest Stock Exchange (in Hungarian Budapesti Értéktőzsde (BÉT))
• BET plc, formerly British Electric Traction
• Biotechnia Ellinikon Trikyklon, a Greek vehicle manufacturer that ceased production in 1975
• Basic Economics Test

Places

• Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti (prefecture), a former prefecture of Chad
  • Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti (region), a former region of Chad

People

• Bet van Beeren (1902—1967), legendary bar owner in Amsterdam
• Bet Low (1924–2007), Scottish painter
• Aldo Bet (born 1949), Italian former footballer
• Yelena Bet (born 1976), Belarusian sprint canoer

Science

• BET theory, an adsorption model for gases named after physicists Brunauer, Emmett and Teller
• Blade element theory to determine the behaviour of propellers
• Bromo- and Extra-Terminal domain (BET) family of Bromodomain-containing proteins

Other uses

• Bet (letter), the second letter in many Semitic alphabets, including Phoenician, Hebrew, Syriac, and Arabic
• BET Awards, established in 2001 by Black Entertainment Television
• BET, IATA code for Bethel Airport, Alaska
• BET, National Rail station code for Bethnal Green railway station, London

See also

• Bayt/Beit/Beth/Bet (disambiguation), meaning 'house' in various Semitic languages; part of many place-names
• Bet Bet Creek, Victoria, Australia
• Beth (disambiguation)
• Bets (disambiguation)
• Betty (disambiguation)
• Elizabeth (disambiguation)
• Old Bet (died 1816), the first circus elephant and the second elephant brought to the United States
• Shire of Bet Bet, Victoria, Australia, a local government area
• The Bet (disambiguation)