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Odds Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Odds? [n] the probability of a specified outcome [n] the ratio by which one better's wager is greater than that of another; "he offered odds of two to one" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Odds: betting odds \| likelihood \| likeliness Related Terms \| Find terms related to Odds: advantage \| agreement to disagree \| allowance \| aptitude \| asymmetry \| at daggers drawn \| at loggerheads \| at odds \| at variance \| bulge \| chance \| chances \| clashing \| coign of vantage \| conflicting \| contrariety \| contrast \| cross-purposes \| deadwood \| debris \| departure \| deviation \| difference \| difference of opinion \| differing \| difficulty \| disaccord \| disaccordance \| disagreeing \| disagreement \| disconformity \| discongruity \| discordance \| discrepancy \| discreteness \| disequilibrium \| disparity \| disproportion \| dissent \| dissimilarity \| dissonance \| distinction \| distinctness \| divergence \| divergency \| diversity \| dividedness \| division \| draw \| drop \| edge \| equivalent odds \| even break \| even chance \| expectation \| fair expectation \| fair shake \| far cry \| favorable prospect \| fifty-fifty \| flying start \| fragments \| good chance \| half a chance \| handicap \| head start \| heterogeneity \| hundred-to-one shot \| imbalance \| in disagreement \| in opposition \| inaccordance \| inadequacy \| incompatibility \| incongruity \| inconsistency \| inconsonance \| inequality \| inequity \| inharmonious \| inharmoniousness \| inharmony \| injustice \| inside track \| insufficiency \| irreconcilability \| irregularity \| jump \| lead \| leavings \| leftovers \| liability \| likelihood \| likeliness \| litter \| long odds \| long shot \| misunderstanding \| mixture \| no chance \| nonconformity \| nonuniformity \| oddments \| odds and ends \| opposition \| otherness \| out of line \| outlook \| overbalance \| particles \| polarization \| presumption \| presumptive evidence \| price \| probabilism \| probability \| prospect \| reasonable ground \| reasonable hope \| rubbish \| running start \| scraps \| separateness \| short odds \| shortcoming \| shreds \| small chance \| something extra \| something in reserve \| square odds \| standoff \| start \| superiority \| tendency \| toss \| toss-up \| touch and go \| unbalance \| unconformity \| unevenness \| unfair discrimination \| unlikeness \| unorthodoxy \| upper hand \| vantage \| vantage ground \| vantage point \| variance \| variation \| variegation \| variety \| verisimilitude \| well-grounded hope \| whip hand See Also \| probability \| ratio Odds In Webster's Dictionary \Odds\ ([o^]dz), n. sing. & pl. [See {Odd}, a.] 1. Difference in favor of one and against another; excess of one of two things or numbers over the other; inequality; advantage; superiority; hence, excess of chances; probability. ``Pre["e]minent by so much odds.'' --Milton. ``The fearful odds of that unequal fray.'' --Trench. The odds Is that we scarce are men and you are gods. --Shak. There appeared, at least, four to one odds against them. --Swift. All the odds between them has been the different scope . . . given to their understandings to range in. --Locke. Judging is balancing an account and determining on which side the odds lie. --Locke. 2. Quarrel; dispute; debate; strife; -- chiefly in the phrase at odds. Set them into confounding odds. --Shak. I can not speak Any beginning to this peevish odds. --Shak. {At odds}, in dispute; at variance. ``These squires at odds did fall.'' --Spenser. ``He flashes into one gross crime or other, that sets us all at odds.'' --Shak. {It is odds}, it is probable. [Obs.]

Odds Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Odds?

[n] the probability of a specified outcome
[n] the ratio by which one better's wager is greater than that of another; "he offered odds of two to one"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Odds: betting odds | likelihood | likeliness

See Also | probability | ratio

Odds In Webster's Dictionary

\Odds\ ([o^]dz), n. sing. & pl. [See {Odd}, a.]
1. Difference in favor of one and against another; excess of
   one of two things or numbers over the other; inequality;
   advantage; superiority; hence, excess of chances;
   probability. ``Pre["e]minent by so much odds.'' --Milton.
   ``The fearful odds of that unequal fray.'' --Trench.

         The odds Is that we scarce are men and you are gods.
                                               --Shak.

         There appeared, at least, four to one odds against
         them.                                 --Swift.

         All the odds between them has been the different
         scope . . . given to their understandings to range
         in.                                   --Locke.

         Judging is balancing an account and determining on
         which side the odds lie.              --Locke.

2. Quarrel; dispute; debate; strife; -- chiefly in the phrase
   at odds.

         Set them into confounding odds.       --Shak.

         I can not speak Any beginning to this peevish odds.
                                               --Shak.

{At odds}, in dispute; at variance. ``These squires at odds
   did fall.'' --Spenser. ``He flashes into one gross crime
   or other, that sets us all at odds.'' --Shak.

{It is odds}, it is probable. [Obs.]

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