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  • proper noun A diminutive of Elizabeth.

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Examples

  • The View From Hong Kong Long-Term Bets on Yuan Are No Sure Thing Tokyo Electric Power, the owner of the stricken Daiichi Fukushima nuclear power plant, was up 8.7% after local media reported the government is arranging to help the company pay for damages incurred from the nuclear accident.

    Tokyo Slips Amid Positive Earnings Reports Colin Ng 2011

  • Files SEC form 8-K, Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. Announces Closing of $4.2 Million Advance Auto Portfolio Acquisition Hedgies' Top Long-Term Bets Include WLL, XCO, PANL, ENTG, CHMT, CLW

    unknown title 2011

  • A Tip for Employers: Improve Communication about Health Benefits for Lasting … Open Enrollment Blunders: eHealthInsurance Describes Health Insurance Mistakes to Avoid During Open Enrollment One-in-Five Medicare Beneficiaries Is Unaware That Medicare's Annual Enrollment Period AEP Ends on December 7, 2011: PlanPrescriber Survey Finds 7 Frequently Asked Questions During 2012 Medicare Annual Enrollment Period Hedgies' Top Long-Term Bets Include WLL, XCO, PANL, ENTG, CHMT, CLW

    unknown title 2011

  • You had the S&P 500, you had the Dow index, you had International Index, now we've got Sector Bets, that is there is an Exchange Traded Fund for technology and financial stocks and so forth and so on.

    CNN Transcript Jun 3, 2007 2007

  • "She was telling me about you, and you have a little sister, haven't you, called Bets?"

    The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat Blyton, Enid 1957

  • "I'm Elizabeth Hilton, and I'm eight, and I'm called Bets," said Bets, afraid that Larry was going to leave her out.

    The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat Blyton, Enid 1957

  • "Here he is at last," called Bets from the window.

    The Mystery of the Pantomime Cat Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1949

  • "Bets," said Fatty, "where do you smell the turps on the cat?"

    The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat Blyton, Enid 1957

  • "Bets, " said Fatty suddenly, in a voice that made her look across at him in surprise.

    The Mystery of the Strange Bundle Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1952

  • While "Bets," as Don calls her, is an unattractive character -- child-like, ill-tempered, cold, selfish, punitive and unloving towards her children -- she is also a woman whose options have been narrowed by sexism, by her limited access to money, by her enforced immaturity, and by the assumption that women's highest calling is domestic and maternal.

    Tenured Radical 2010

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