Handicap

Handicap , also called handicap (English hændikæp , disadvantage, pre-stress, difficulty '):

• Handicap (sport) , a factor for leveling different performance levels in sport based on practice in horse racing ,
• Handicap (golf) , especially in golf
• a social (and / or physical) disadvantage due to a disability
• a behavioral theory, see handicap principle

The term is derived from the old English game hand-in-cap . (for etymology see there)

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Wiktionary: Handicap  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

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