handicap

Noun

1. 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.
2. Hence the disadvantage itself, in particular physical or mental disadvantages of people.
3. 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.
4. (obsolete) An old game at cards. - Pepys

8 letters in word "handicap": A A C D H I N P.

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