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What (who) is HANDICAPS - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Handicaps; Handicap (disambiguation)
Handicap
·noun An old game at cards.
II. Handicap ·vt To encumber with a handicap in any contest; hence, in general, to place at disadvantage; as, the candidate was heavily handicapped.
III. Handicap ·noun A race, for horses or men, or any contest of agility, strength, or skill, in which there is an allowance of time, distance, weight, or other advantage, to equalize the chances of the competitors.
IV. Handicap ·noun An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race to the competitor possessing inferior advantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing superior advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success; as, the handicap was five seconds, or ten pounds, and the like.
handicap
n.
assigned advantage or disadvantage
1) to assign, give a handicap
hindrance
2) to overcome a handicap
3) a handicap to
4) under a handicap
Handicap
The term is derived from Hand-in-cap, an old English method for evaluating the relative worth of two items in a trade. Today Handicapped or handicap may refer to:
Examples of use of HANDICAPS
1. Chinese entrepreneurs, meanwhile, face many handicaps.
2. Some men have golf handicaps; I have suggested journey times.
3. We were operating under a number of handicaps and problems.
4. "I‘ve got two handicaps, and my husband was a farmer.
5. An official cap on the number of prosecutors currently handicaps the investigations.