the probability, often expressed as a ratio, that one thing will happen rather than another
The odds are that he will be dismissed
The odds are 50 to one against the newcomer
the ratio between the amount to be paid off for a winning bet and the amount of the bet
odds of three to one
an amount by which one thing exceeds or falls short of another in terms of strength, support, etc
They won the election against considerable odds
a difference in terms of advantage or disadvantage
It makes no odds
at odds
in disagreement or at variance
give/lay odds
to offer a bet in which the odds are favourable to the other person
over the odds
Brit more than is right, fair, or acceptable
take odds
to offer a bet in which the odds are favourable to oneself
to accept a bet with odds favourable to the other person