odds
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the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring -
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odds
the ratio by which one better's wager is greater than that of another "he offered odds of two to one"
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Inequality; difference, especially in favor of one and against another; excess in favor of one as compared with another. -
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Hence Advantage; superiority. -
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In betting, the amount or proportion by which the bet of one party to a wager exceeds that of the other: as, to lay or give odds. -
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Hence Probability or degree of probability in favor of that on which odds are laid. -
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In certain games, equalizing allowance given to a weaker side or player by a stronger, as a piece at chess or points at tennis; an allowance as handicap. -
odds
Er. You that are so good a Gamester ought to give me Odds. -
odds
Quarrel; dispute; debate.
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Odds
odz inequality: difference in favour of one against another: more than an even wager: the amount or proportion by which the bet of one exceeds that of another: advantage: dispute: scraps, miscellaneous pieces, as in the phrase Odds and ends (lit. 'points' and ends)
At odds - If you are at odds with someone, you cannot agree with them and argue.
Odds and ends - Odds and ends are small, remnant articles and things- the same as 'bits and bobs'.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary See Odd (a.)
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Scand., Ice. oddi, a triangle, odd number—Ice. oddr, point; cf. A.S. ord, point.
Potato chip lovers are an odd bunch -- most stick to a single flavor and refuse to be convinced that salt and vinegar is, in fact, better than barbecue (it is, for the record). pitch.com
Bannerman 's Castle, the romantic turn-of-the-century ruin on an island in the middle of the Hudson River, has withstood storms and fires over the past hundred-odd years. nymag.com
Defying the odds, Boulder country-rock group is riding hard. boulderweekly.com
When a single animal beaches itself, the odds against its survival are great, according to SeaWorld. orlandosentinel.com
The two have become a political odd couple since the storm — each offering praise for the other's leadership. ktep.org
Google's 11th Birthday Gift : Another Odd Logo. pcmag.com
Madonna was in Washington, DC on Monday, and offered an odd take on politics and President Barack Obama. blog.seattlepi.com
What are the odds of that happening. catcountry1073.com
An odd couple on the surface By Michael O'Sullivan Friday, Mar 23, 2012. ashingtonpost.com
In SPIN's eight-out-of-10 review of Yeasayer's 2010 album Odd Blood, we praised the Brooklyn psych-rockers' bold and flamboyant dance sound, and asked, "What's coming next". spin.com
Fifty-Fifty: The Odds of Graduating. bez.org
Odds are you haven't either. ocweekly.com
Twenty years after high school graduation, if anyone has become famous or infamous, odds are it isn't the star quarterback. cleveland.com
Each year, Las Cruces and Dona Ana County see a fair share of odd and unusual news events. lcsun-news.com
Spreading Risk, Increasing Your Odds. cedmag.com
In sections 8 and 9, we use the strategies in sections 6 and 7 to treat the special cases when f has a periodic point of odd period m ≥ 3 but no periodic points of odd periods ℓ with ℓ odd and 1 < ℓ < m.
A collection of simple proofs of Sharkovsky's theorem
Since g has no periodic points of any odd periods ≥ 3, g has period-(2j ) points which are also period-(2j ) points of f for all odd j ≥ 3.
A collection of simple proofs of Sharkovsky's theorem
Since g has no period-j points for any odd 3 ≤ j ≤ m − 2, g has period-(2j ) points for all odd 3 ≤ j ≤ m which are also periodic points of f with the same periods.
A collection of simple proofs of Sharkovsky's theorem
If r is odd, let J0 be the smallest closed interval which contains f i (xs ) for all even i in [0, r − 1] and let J1 be the smallest closed interval which contains f j (xs ) for all odd j in [1, r ].
A collection of simple proofs of Sharkovsky's theorem
In the following, we show that if m ≥ 3 is odd and f has no period-ℓ points with ℓ odd and 1 < ℓ < m, then P is a ˇStefan orbit and f has periodic points of all even periods and all periods > m.
A collection of simple proofs of Sharkovsky's theorem
When anything happens in an odd way at sea, it is as odd again as anything that occurs on land, my boy, you may depend. "Varney the Vampire" by
I often wonder whether, if he had been franker, I should have found him less odd than I supposed, or more odd still. "Uncle Silas" by
Square the odds, and good-night Sir Walter about sixty. "The Journal of Sir Walter Scott" by
Odd how one nation's prettiness is another's grotesque. "A Wanderer in Holland" by
Jim Morris, Professor of Odd Jobs for the country side, made the coffin, dug the grave, and managed the funeral. "Ishmael" by
Oddly enough she looked at her gown. "Kenny" by
He was set to do odd jobs about the farm. "In Clive's Command" by
It seemed odd to think that such a short while before it had been in the hands of a Boche. "Fanny Goes to War" by
She drank it, and an odd sparkle of mischief shot up in her great eyes. "The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories" by
What an odd queer kind of fortune had been told her! "The Chink in the Armour" by
And gave it, what was odd,
The loyal heart, and the roving eye;
And he whistled, light of care.
Sleepdrunk, their limbs at odds?
In this light the blood is black.
Tell me my name.
But lo, I also live in God:
A spirit without flesh and blood,
Yet with them both to yield me food.
Eternal is the sleep of death,
Would it not be divinely odd
To wake and find that - "God is God."
It unorthodox and odd
If I add that I glimpse in "the Mistress"
A hint of the Unknown God.
Picked up from enemies and friends
See, bits of thread, and bits of rag,
Just like a little rubbish-bag!