fifty-fifty vs hazard

fifty-fifty

noun
  • A challenge between two opposing players, where both have an equal chance of taking possession. 

adj
  • Half and half. 

  • Used to describe 2 possible outcomes as being equally likely 

adv
  • In half: in two equal parts, shares, etc. 

hazard

noun
  • The side of the court into which the ball is served. 

  • An obstacle or other feature which causes risk or danger; originally in sports, and now applied more generally. 

  • A problem with the instruction pipeline in CPU microarchitectures when the next instruction cannot execute in the following clock cycle, potentially leading to incorrect results. 

  • The act of potting a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard). 

  • A game of chance played with dice, usually for monetary stakes; popular mainly from 14th c. to 19th c. 

  • Chance. 

  • An obstacle or other feature that presents a risk or danger that justifies the driver in taking action to avoid it. 

  • The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk of loss. 

  • A sand or water obstacle on a golf course. 

verb
  • To expose to chance; to take a risk. 

  • To risk (something); to venture, incur, or bring on. 

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