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equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced
even amounts of butter and sugar
had a fifty-fifty (or even) chance
an even fight
it was a fifty-fifty (or even) split
on even terms
How To Use fifty-fifty In A Sentence
- A couple of the multicellular test subjects died and the invertebrates had a fifty-fifty survival rate.
- There's been no word of a pre-nup, so odds are good that a divorce court will order dissolution of the common property and a fifty-fifty split. The Seduction of Archie Andrews
- Costs are to be shared on a fifty-fifty basis between the government and local businesses.
- He says he had a fifty-fifty chance of surviving the operation but it was better than no odds at all.
- I'll go with you fifty-fifty on the winnings.
- We'll divide the profit fifty-fifty.
- ‘Travelling with a partner is a fifty-fifty kind of deal,’ he explained patiently.
- Unusuallly, the party was split fifty-fifty on the issue.
- She said: ‘It's still fifty-fifty whether he will pull through but we are doing our best for him.’
- ‘I'm more confident because it is a playoff,’ he said, adding the odds were fifty-fifty.
