fifty-fifty

fifty-fifty (2) {adj.}, {informal}

1. Divided or shared equally.

It will be a fifty-fifty arrangement; half the money for me and half for you.

2. Half for and half against; half good and half bad.

There is only a fifty-fifty chance that we will win the game.

Compare: HALF AND HALF.

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[half-and-half] (1) {adj.} As much one thing as the other. * /We asked the coach if more boys than girls were interested in debating, and he said it was about […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

flfty-flfty

[fifty-fifty] (1) {adv.}, {informal} Equally; evenly. * /The two boys divided the marbles they won fifty-fifty./ * /When Dick and Sam bought an old car, they divided the cost fifty-fifty./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[in half] {adv. phr.} 1. Into two equal parts. * /The ticket taker at the football game tore the tickets in half./ * /Mother cut the apple in half so […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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