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fifty-fifty

or 50-50

[fif-tee-fif-tee]
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adjective

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

adverb

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

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RELATED WORDS

identical, comparable, corresponding, equivalent, proportionate, balanced, commensurate, partly, fairly, uniformly, justly, equitably, equally, squarely, precisely, proportionately, identically, prospect, trend, tendency

Nearby words

  1. fiftieth,
  2. fifty,
  3. fifty-eight,
  4. fifty-eighth,
  5. fifty-fifth,
  6. fifty-first,
  7. fifty-five,
  8. fifty-four,
  9. fifty-four-forty or fight,
  10. fifty-fourth

Idioms

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

Origin of fifty-fifty

An Americanism dating back to 1910–15
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British Dictionary definitions for fifty-fifty

fifty-fifty

adjective, adverb

informal shared or sharing equally; in equal parts
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Idioms and Phrases with fifty-fifty

fifty-fifty

see under under go halves.

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