chance

chance [-s, -'s] n

ME chea(u)nce < late L. cadent-, falling; see cadence.

1. Accident; coincidence; fluke; fortuity.
2. Gamble; hazard; risk; possibility of danger or harm.
3. Likeliness; odds; probability; prospect; possibility of a given event occurring.
4. Opportunity; occasion.
5. Randomness; unpredictability.
6. Phrase. “take my Chance with”: risk experiencing.

chance [-d] v

see chance, n.

1. Befall; pass; happen to go by.
2. Phrase. “Chance … on”: discover; encounter; come across; happen to find.