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even money

Definition of even money

noun

[mass noun]
  • (in betting) odds offering an equal chance of winning or losing, with the amount won being the same as the stake:players bet on each throw for even money [as modifier]:Romany King swept past the even-money favourite Paco’s Boy
  • [as modifier] (of a chance) equally likely to happen or not; fifty-fifty:above those engines there was an even-money chance of being heard

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Definition of even money in the US English dictionary
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