chance

Here was my chance. I took the old man aside, and two or three glasses of Old Crow launched him into reminiscence.

Why leave it to chance when a few simple steps will secure the desired outcome?

There is a 30 percent chance of rain tomorrow.

Sometimes the name is changed because it is thought to be unlucky. If "Chua" is ill, the chances are that there are certain spirits who do not like his name, so the parents alter his name to "Mee," or something else, and then he gets well again.

Wild-visag'd Wanderer! ah for thy heavy chance!