fifty-fifty
or 50-50
[fif-tee-fif-tee]
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.
Origin of fifty-fifty
An Americanism dating back to 1910–15
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Related Words for fifty-fifty
identical, comparable, corresponding, equivalent, proportionate, balanced, commensurate, partly, fairly, uniformly, justly, equitably, equally, squarely, precisely, proportionately, identically, prospect, trend, tendencyExamples from the Web for fifty-fifty
Contemporary Examples of fifty-fifty
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?
Historical Examples of fifty-fifty
I say when you have a decision to make and your mind is about fifty-fifty on the subject, how do you decide?
ShavingsJoseph C. Lincoln
What do we want to split fifty-fifty with them soft, fat millionaires for?
The Crimson TideRobert W. Chambers
The proceeds is to be cut up fifty-fifty as between me and him.
From Place to PlaceIrvin S. Cobb
But if either of us will do, that'll give us each a fifty-fifty chance to escape your toils.
Spacehounds of IPCEdward Elmer Smith
Perhaps in only a minimum of cases will the load ever be divided “fifty-fifty.”
Working With the Working WomanCornelia Stratton Parker
fifty-fifty
adjective, adverb
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