evens

/ (ˈiːvənz) /

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adjective, adverb

(of a bet) winning the same as the amount staked if successful

(of a runner) offered at such odds

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Evenki, even-minded, even money, even out, even permutation, evens, even so, evensong, even-steven, event, even-tempered

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How to use evens in a sentence

Washington evens it up by shooting Wahlberg in the leg, then throws an arm around him as they set off together.
Hollywood, Shootings, and ‘2 Guns’: When Is Stylized Violence Obscene?|Michael Daly|July 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It is a humiliating circumstance that thus evens us with printers!
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson
Besides, number is composed of odds and evens, and one is the cause of odd as well as even.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy|Isaac Husik
The Table of Contents will also serve to make reference easy to the principal evens of Froebel's history.
Autobiography of Friedrich Froebel|Friedrich Froebel

Up till now, the betting called after each round had come to ‘ten to one on Heenan’; it fell at once to evens.
Tracks of a Rolling Stone|Henry J. Coke
Beholding the dice favourable to the wishes of Sakuni in odds and evens, I could have controlled my mind.
Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 3 Pt. 1|Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

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