give odds



give odds

1. To offer a bet with favorable odds to the bettor (as by a bookmaker). Bookmakers are giving odds that the company's new smartphone outsells its competitors 2:1.
2. To be completely sure of something. I'll give odds that Jeremy tries to skip out on paying me back for dinner.
See also: give, odds

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Susy['su:zi]
Lawrence['lɔrəns]
WimVIM (Dutch), WIM (Dutch)Dutch, German
Mateus-Portuguese
KarelKAH-rəl (Dutch), KAH-rel (Czech)Dutch, Czech, Slovene
Abdur-Rahman-Arabic