Definition of "fifty-fifty" in английский

adverb

1. In half: in two equal parts, shares, etc.

   • I'll handle production, you handle sales, and we'll split profits fifty-fifty.

adjective

1. Half and half.

   • In this recipe, the flour and sugar are fifty-fifty.
   • In this recipe, the flour and sugar are in fifty-fifty proportions.

2. Used to describe two possible outcomes as being equally likely.

   • It is fifty-fifty that the employee who made the mistake will end up fired.

noun

1. (sports) A challenge between two opposing players, where both have an equal chance of taking possession.

2. (skateboarding) Ellipsis of fifty-fifty grind, a rail or edge grind, using both trucks to grind along, longitudinally aligned.

3. (snowboarding) Ellipsis of fifty-fifty slide, a rail slide where the snowboard is longitudinally aligned with the direction of the slide, down the centerline.