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▸ noun: (sports) An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race (or other contest of skill) to the competitor possessing disadvantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success.
▸ noun: (sometimes considered offensive) The disadvantage itself, in particular physical or mental disadvantages of people.
▸ noun: A race or similar contest in which there is an allowance of time, distance, weight, or other advantage, to equalize the chances of the competitors.
▸ noun: (obsolete, uncountable, card games) An old card game, similar to lanterloo.
▸ noun: (obsolete, uncountable) Synonym of hand-in-cap (“old English trading game”)
▸ verb: (transitive) To encumber with a handicap in any contest.
▸ verb: (transitive, figurative, by extension) To place at disadvantage.
▸ verb: To estimate betting odds.
Similar:
impediment,
hinder,
hindrance,
impairment,
disable,
incapacitate,
deterrent,
disability,
disadvantage,
invalid,
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Opposite:
Types:
physical handicap,
sensory handicap,
emotional handicap,
learning handicap,
cognitive handicap,
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