–noun

1.	an institution of higher learning, esp. one providing a general or liberal arts education rather than technical or professional training. Compare university.

2.	a constituent unit of a university, furnishing courses of instruction in the liberal arts and sciences, usually leading to a bachelor's degree.

3.	an institution for vocational, technical, or professional instruction, as in medicine, pharmacy, agriculture, or music, often a part of a university.

4.	an endowed, self-governing association of scholars incorporated within a university, as at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge in England.

5.	a similar corporation outside a university.

6.	the building or buildings occupied by an institution of higher education.

3e8 7.

the administrators, faculty, and students of a college.

8.	(in Britain and Canada) a private secondary school.

9.	an organized association of persons having certain powers and rights, and performing certain duties or engaged in a particular pursuit: The electoral college formally selects the president.

10.	a company; assemblage.

11.	Also called collegium. a body of clergy living together on a foundation for religious service or similar activity. < eda /td>

12.	British Slang. a prison.

–noun

1.

a game in which two opposing teams of 11 players each defend goals at opposite ends of a field having goal posts at each end, with points being scored chiefly by carrying the ball across the opponent's goal line and by place-kicking or drop-kicking the ball over the crossbar between the opponent's goal posts. Compare conversion (def. 13), field goal (def. 1), safety (def. 6), touchdown.

2.	the ball used in this game, an inflated oval with a bladder contained in a casing usually made of leather.

3.	Chiefly British. Rugby (def. 3).

4.	Chiefly British. soccer.

5.	something sold at a reduced or special price.

6.	any person or thing treated roughly or tossed about: They're making a political football of this issue.

7.	(initial capital letter) U.S. Government Slang. a briefcase containing the codes and options the president would use to launch a nuclear attack, carried by a military aide and kept available to the president at all times.

–verb (used with object)

8.	Informal. to offer for sale at a reduced or special price.

–verb (used with object)

1.	to wager with (something or someone).

–verb (used without object)

2.	to make a wager: Do you want to bet?

–noun

3.	a pledge of a forfeit risked on some uncertain outcome; wager: Where do we place our bets?

4.	that which is pledged: a two-dollar bet.

5.	something that is bet on, as a competitor in a sporting event or a number in a lottery: That horse looks like a good bet.

6.	an act or instance of betting: It's a bet, then?

7.	a person, plan of action, etc., considered as being a good alternative; choice: Your best bet is to sell your stocks now.

—Idiom 235

8.	you bet! Informal. of course! surely!: You bet I'd like to be there!