odds

chances, probabilité

La mesure dans laquelle quelque chose a des chances de se produire.

En anglais simple : How likely something is to happen.

• The odds are good.
• She survived against all the odds.
• What are the odds of meeting him here?

Comment l'utiliser : odds of doing something (What are the odds of finding a taxi here?); odds are that… (The odds are that we will arrive late.)

Synonymes : chances, likelihood, probability

Expressions courantes : against the odds, improve the odds, odds of success

cotes

Nombres indiquant combien on peut gagner par rapport à la somme misée.

En anglais simple : Numbers showing how much money you can win compared with the amount you bet.

• Check the odds before betting.
• They offered better odds on the second horse.
• He won at odds of twenty to one.

Comment l'utiliser : odds of X to Y (The bookmaker offered odds of five to one.); at odds of X to Y (She backed the horse at odds of ten to one.)

Synonymes : betting prices

Expressions courantes : betting odds, short odds, long odds

avantage, handicap

Avantage accordé au joueur le plus faible pour rendre le jeu plus équilibré.

En anglais simple : An advantage given to a weaker player to make a game more equal.

• She gave me rook odds.
• Even with knight odds, I lost the game.
• They agreed on pawn odds before starting.

Comment l'utiliser : give someone odds (The stronger player gave me odds by removing a rook.)

Synonymes : handicap, advantage

Expressions courantes : knight odds, rook odds, give odds