oddsmaker

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English

Etymology

From odds +‎ maker.

Noun

oddsmaker (plural oddsmakers)

  1. A person who sets odds for gambling.
    • 2009 February 2, JENNA FRYER, “Big-game musical acts put charge into crowd”, in Toronto Star:
      Springsteen then threw himself into his four-song set, a highly anticipated series of songs that had Las Vegas oddsmakers taking bets on which tunes he'd select.

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