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fifty-fifty

or 50-50

[ fif-tee-fif-tee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

equally good and bad, likely and unlikely, favorable and unfavorable, etc.:
a fifty-fifty chance of winning.

in an evenly or equally divided way:
The board voted fifty-fifty on the merger.

fifty-fifty

An Americanism dating back to 1910–15

go fifty-fifty (on), to share equally in the cost, responsibility, or profits (of ):
We went fifty-fifty on the dinner check.

Gävle Goat must be dreading the imminent holiday and his fifty-fifty chance of destruction.

But what chances should I have given them to kill or maim us: Fifty-fifty?

The proceeds is to be cut up fifty-fifty as between me and him.

If a partner, she has a right to the fifty-fifty split on profits; if an employee, she is entitled to her wages.

It is made up of a bunch of boys who put all their parcels in together and go fifty-fifty on everything.

They said we gave them inspiration; so it was a fifty-fifty exchange.

It seems to be a sort of fifty-fifty bet between the bugs and me.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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