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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.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Leola | | - | English |
| Marcelino | | mahr-the-LEE-no (Spanish), mahr-se-LEE-no (Latin American Spanish) | Spanish, Portuguese |
| Read | | [ri:d] | |
| Kawacatoose | | - | Native American, Cree |
| Mubina | | - | Arabic |
| Imad | | - | Arabic |