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Definition of Odds-on
1. Adjective. Having a better than even chance of success. "The odds-on favorite"
Definition of Odds-on
1. Adjective. Having a chance of winning that is better than even ¹
2. Adjective. In which the amount won on a bet is less than the amount staked ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Odds-on
Literary usage of Odds-on
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Securities Arbitration: Actions Needed to Address Problem of Unpaid Awards by Thomas J. McCool, Michael A. Burnett (2001)
"... Odds on Winning Derived From Them, and Odds Ratios Indicating the of Various
Characteristics of Arbitration Cases on the Odds on Winning Arbitration ..."
2. Another Book on the Theatre by George Jean Nathan (1915)
"BETTING ODDS ON AN ACTRESS'S AMBITION IOO to i — To appear in a play in which
she outwits Richelieu. 99 to 1 — To appear in a role written for herself by ..."
3. The Universal Songster: Or, Museum of Mirth: Forming the Most Complete (1834)
"And let those laugh that win, I've the odds on And if oddly I'm treated, by
bantering friends, ... And spring out of his reach, with the odds on my side. ..."
4. Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing Containing Lives of the Most by Henry Downes Miles (1906)
"... and a voyage to ground on the sea-coast of Essex, never before visited by the
Fancy, was chosen. The odds on Mace were not taken, ..."
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