oddsmaker

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noun

A person who sets odds for gambling.

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Meanings

nounoddsmaker (plural oddsmakers)

plural oddsmakers

  1. A person who sets odds for gambling.

    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.

    2009 February 2, JENNA FRYER, “Big-game musical acts put charge into crowd”, in Toronto Star
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    Nicklaus also was not biting on any questions about Woods’s quest to overtake him, starting with one asking him about the oddsmakers having installed Woods as even money to win the Masters.

    2008 April 10, Larry Dorman, “As Woods Chases History, History Appears”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 10 Apr 2021

Origin

  1. Englishodds
  2. Proto-West Germanic*mak
  3. Proto-West Germanic*makōn?
  4. Old Englishmacian
  5. Middle Englishmaken
  6. Middle Englishmaker
  7. Englishmaker
  8. Englishoddsmaker

From odds + maker.

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Cite this entry
APA

oddsmaker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oddsmaker

MLA

“oddsmaker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oddsmaker. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oddsmaker,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oddsmaker.

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