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
Toygar-Turkish
Eadwig-Anglo-Saxon
Balthasar[bɔ:l'θəzɑ:]
CainanKAY-nən (English), kay-IE-nən (English)Biblical, Biblical Latin
HÅKonHAW-koonNorwegian
Salamon-Hungarian