- A disadvantage imposed in a sport - Disability - Disadvantage - Golfing equaliser, in theory - Sporting disadvantage - Stumbling block - 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.
- Disadvantage - Disadvantage, disservice - That which injures or causes damage; mischief; harm;
diminution; loss; damage; -- used very generically; as, detriments to
property, religion, morals, etc. - A charge made to students and barristers for incidental
repairs of the rooms they occupy. - To do injury to; to hurt.