| handicap | advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning |
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| handicap | something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress |
| handicap | the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness |
| handicap | injure permanently |
| handicap | put at a disadvantage |
| handicap | attempt to forecast the winner (esp. in a horse race) and assign odds for or against a contestant |
| handicap | incapacitated by injury or illness |
| handicap | a person who has some handicap that interferes with normal functions |
| handicap | someone who sets the betting odds based on calculations of the outcome of a contest (especially a horse race) |