ODDS
\ˈɒdz], \ˈɒdz], \ˈɒ_d_z]\
Definitions of ODDS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the ratio by which one better's wager is greater than that of another; "he offered odds of two to one"
By Princeton University
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the ratio by which one better's wager is greater than that of another; "he offered odds of two to one"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Inequality; advantage; superiority; excess in favor of one as compared with another; as, the odds are in her favor; probability; a more, than even wager; as, the odds are on a certain race horse; disagreement; quarrel; as, to be at odds with another person: odds and ends, remnants.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Inequality: difference in favor of one against another: more than an even wager: advantage: dispute: scraps, miscellaneous pieces, as in the phrase "odds and ends" (lit. "points" and ends).
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. sing. & pl. Difference in favour of one and against another; inequality; advantage; superiority.
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