Even-steven Definition
ēvən-stēvən
adjective
Webster's New World
Having nothing due or owed on either side.
An even-steven transaction.
American Heritage
Having a tied score, as in a game.
American Heritage
adverb
Evenly divided.
He made two piles of clothes even steven and let me pick which one I wanted.
Wiktionary
Origin of Even-steven
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Possibly reduplicating rhyme from even (“equal"). See also steven (“money") (slang)
From Wiktionary
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From even (“equal”) + steven (“voice or say in a matter, constitution”)
From Wiktionary
even the name Steven used as rhyming slang
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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