Stand for a bet

Stand for a bet
 

What does "stand for a bet" mean?

Thanks. :)

I need a context :)

I don't know if context will help you :thinking: , but I'll give you:

By way of illustration, if Jane will leave the room before John arrives stands for a bet, the hearer must recover it and incorporate it as part of the explicature (the sentence Jane... is an example).

Sorry, I haven't the faintest idea. :thinking::thinking::thinking::thinking:

Edit: The only thing I can think of is that two people place a bet that "Jane will leave the room before X arrives" or not. But I have no idea what the context is.

Surely that is the meaning. I guessed that the context wouldn't help :thinking: (and I'm not able to explain it yet :D ).

Thanks. :)

The closest term I know is to let a bet stand.
This term means that the person who makes a bet continues to bet the
same number in a new game. This is a term that can be used in roulette.

Would you use it in linguistic matters? I mean, in the sentence I wrote, to give an opinion that surely "something will happen". Something like "I bet that Jane will leave the room before...".

You can say: I'll let by bet stand that she will leave the room before...
(this would imply the someone else tried to instill doubt in my mind, but
that I am reasonably sure that she will leave the room before...)

I'm not sure if this is what the sentence you had provided us with means to say. To let a bet stand can figuratively mean to remain steadfast in one's opinion (quedarse fijo con una opinión)

Thank you, Poli. Your opinion has been very useful. :thumbsup: :)

Es un ejemplo de "stands for" como "representa".

Para ilustrar, si "Juana saldrá de la sala antes de que Juan llegue" representa un apuesto, el oyente debe recuperarlo e incorporarlo como parte de la explicature.

Thank you, now I understand :) (although I don't like this terminology :thinking: )

But... "una apuesta". ;)

Gracias. Menos mal que no haya apostado a que no hubieran errores en mi post.

:d :d :d