odd-e|ven

odd-e|ven
odd-e|ven «OD EE vuhn», adjective.
U.S. of or having to do with a system of restricting the sale of gasoline in a period of shortage by matching odd and even numbered days on the calendar with odd and even license plate numbers: »

Panicky motorists bluffed and bribed to beat the odd-even system, and station operators took most of the heat (Newsweek).


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