Definition of "fair chance" []

• A reasonable probability of success (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Four armored cruisers was a considerable force and the inclusion of Defence, denied to Cradock, would give Stoddart a fair chance against Admiral von Spee."
• "There are no guarantees, but I think the Groovers and the Deens stand more than a fair chance of being close forever."
• "The court judged that he had “had a very fair chance of at least delaying Goeben by materially damaging her,” and passed the case up to a court-martial convened on board the battleship Bulwark at Portland on November 5."