[odz] 
) | 1. | the probability that something is so, will occur, or is more likely to occur than something else: The odds are that it will rain today. |
| 2. | the ratio of probability that something is so, will occur, or is more likely to occur than something else. |
| 3. | this ratio used as the basis of a bet; the ratio by which the bet of one party to a wager exceeds that of the other, granted by one of two betting opponents to equalize the chances favoring one of them: The odds are two-to-one that it won't rain today. |
| 4. | an equalizing allowance, as that given the weaker person or team in a contest; handicap. |
| 5. | an advantage or degree of superiority on the side of two contending parties; a difference favoring one of two contestants. |
| 6. | an amount or degree by which one thing is better or worse than another. |
| 7. | at odds, at variance; in disagreement: They were usually at odds over political issues. |
| 8. | by all odds, in every respect; by far; undoubtedly: She is by all odds the brightest child in the family. Also, by long odds, by odds. |