odds

From odd (“uneven, strange”).

• Rhymes: -ɒdz

odds pl (plural only)

1. The ratio of the probabilities of an event happening to that of it not happening.

   I'd say the odds are strongly in favor of the sun rising tomorrow morning.

2. The ratio of winnings to stake in betting situations.

odds

1. plural of odd

• The word "odds" was formerly sometimes used with a singular verb, e.g. (Stephen S. Foster) "If there be any difference in the two crimes, the odds is in favor of the foreign enslaver."

• even money
• evens

• DDOS, DDOs, DDoS, Dods, dods

odds

1. indefinite genitive singular of oddur

From English odds

odds m (definite singular oddsen, indefinite plural odds, definite plural oddsene)

1. odds

• “odds” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From English odds

odds m (definite singular oddsen, indefinite plural odds, definite plural oddsa)

1. odds

• “odds” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.