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ODD (in middle English odde, from old Norwegian oddi, an angle of a triangle; the old Norwegian oddamann is used of the third man who gives a casting vote in a dispute)

This article appears in Volume V19, Page 995 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: NUM-ORC
ODD (in middle English odde, from old Norwegian oddi, an angle of a triangle; the old Norwegian oddamann is used of the third man who gives a casting vote in a dispute) , that which remains over after an equal
division
 , the unit in excess of an even number; thus in numeration the word is used of a number either above or below a
round
  number, an indefinite
cardinal
  number, as " eighty and odd," or " eighty odd." As applied to individuals, the sense of " one
left
  after a
division
  " leads to that of " solitary," and thus of " uncommon " or "
strange
 ." In the plural, " odds " was originally used to denote inequalities especially in the phrase " to make odds even." The sense of a difference in benefit leads to such colloquialisms as " makes no odds," while that of variance appears in the expression " to be at odds." In betting " the odds " is the
advantage
  given by one
person
  to another in proportion to the supposed chances of success.


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