请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 even money
释义

even money

SEE SYNONYMS FOR even money ON THESAURUS.COM

noun

the equal sum staked by each bettor.
equal odds in a wager: It's even money that the home team will win.

Origin of even money

First recorded in 1890–95

OTHER WORDS FROM even money

even-money, adjective

Words nearby even money

evening star, evening stock, evening watch, Evenki, even-minded, even money, even out, even permutation, evens, even so, evensong
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for even money

  • Geneticists believe there is an even-money chance that William and Kate's baby could be born with red hair.

    50% Chance Royal Baby Could Be a Redhead|Tom Sykes|December 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST
  • In the third place, the even-money chance of a slab or two of gun-cotton on the line ahead was not a pleasing one to contemplate.

    The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War|Cecil Francis Romer and Arthur Edward Mainwaring

Idioms and Phrases with even money

even money

Equal odds that something will occur, as in It's even money that he'll get the contract. The term comes from gambling, where it signifies equal odds in a bet. [Late 1800s]

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
随便看

 

英语词典包含192737条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/11/11 17:55:38