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  • 41odds-on — Odds of less than even money. This a bet where you have to outlay more than you win. For example if a horse is two to one Odds On, you have to outlay two dollars to win one dollar and your total collect if the horse wins is three dollars. That is …

    Equestrian sports dictionary

  • 42Odds — die (Plur.) <aus gleichbed. engl. odds (Plur.)>: a) engl. Bez. für Vorgaben (Sport); b) das vom Buchmacher festgelegte Verhältnis des Einsatzes zum Gewinn bei Pferdewetten …

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  • 43odds and ends — noun plural small things that are all different and not valuable or important: a drawer full of odds and ends …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 44odds and ends — are small, remnant articles and things the same as bits and bobs …

    The small dictionary of idiomes

  • 45odds-on — odds′ on′ adj. being the one more or most likely to attain or achieve something: the odds on favorite[/ex] • Etymology: 1885–90 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 46odds — [n1] advantage allowance, benefit, bulge, difference, disparity, dissimilarity, distinction, draw, edge, handicap, head start, lead, overlay, start, superiority, vantage; concept 693 Ant. disadvantage odds [n2] probability balance, chances, favor …

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  • 47odds-on — [ädz′än′] adj. having better, often much better, than an even chance of winning [an odds on favorite] …

    English World dictionary

  • 48odds board — odds board, a large, usually illuminated board at a race track, on which are posted the betting odds on the horses entered in a given race …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 49Odds — Odds, in der Turfsprache soviel wie ungleiche Wette; bezeichnet gewöhnlich die Differenz, die bei einer Wette vereinbart wird, z. B. 10: 1 …

    Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • 50Odds — (engl.), im Rennsport die bei der Buchmacherei abgeschlossenen Wetten mit ungleichen Sätzen …

    Kleines Konversations-Lexikon