[noun] [C] [informal]A maybe is an answer to a question when you do not want to say either yes or no."Have you had any replies to your party invitations?" "So far we've had a yes, a no, and a couple of maybes.""I can't say I'll be there for sure, but it's a definite maybe (= it is quite likely that I will be there)."
MAYBE
Meaning of MAYBE in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012