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Difference in favor of one and against another; excess of one of two things or numbers over the other; inequality; advantage; superiority; hence, excess of chances; probability.

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  1. a. Difference in favor of one and against another; excess of one of two things or numbers over the other; inequality; advantage; superiority; hence, excess of chances; probability.
  2. a. Quarrel; dispute; debate; strife; -- chiefly in the phrase at odds.
  3. n. the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring
  4. n. the ratio by which one better's wager is greater than that of another
  5. n:100 n. the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring n. the ratio by which one better's wager is greater than that of another