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1. (n.) raffle
a form of lottery in which a number of persons buy one or more chances to win a prize.
2. (v.t.) raffle
to dispose of by a raffle (often fol. by off).
3. (v.i.) raffle
to take part in a raffle.
4. (n.) raffle
rubbish.
5. raffle
a tangle, as of nautical ropes or canvas.
Etymology: (1790–1800; perh. raff+ -le)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) raffle
a lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money
2. (verb) raffle, raffle off
dispose of in a lottery
"We raffled off a trip to the Bahamas"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. raffle
a kind of lottery, in which several persons pay, in shares, the value of something put up as a stake, and then determine by chance (as by casting dice) which one of them shall become the sole possessor
2. raffle
a game of dice in which he who threw three alike won all the stakes
3. (verb) raffle
to engage in a raffle; as, to raffle for a watch
4. (verb) raffle
to dispose of by means of a raffle; -- often followed by off; as, to raffle off a horse
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Sense: a way of raising money by selling numbered tickets, one or more of which win a prize
I won this doll in a raffle; (
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 Afrikaans: lootjies |
 Arabic: يانَصيب لِجَمْع التَّبَرّ |
 Bulgarian: лотария |
 Brazilian: rifa |
 Czech: tombola |
 German: die Tombola; Tombola... |
 Danish: lotteri; lotteri- |
 Greek: λοταρία |
 Spanish: rifa |
 Estonian: loterii |
 Farsi: قرعه کشی؛ لاتاری |
 Finnish: arpajaiset |
 French: (de)loterie |
 Hebrew: הַגרָלָה |
 Hindi: लाटरी से कोष संग्रह |
 Croatian: tombola, predmetna lutrij |
 Hungarian: tombola |
 Indonesian: lotre |
 Icelandic: hlutavelta |
 Italian: lotteria; della lotteria |
 Japanese: 富くじ |
 Korean: 복권 |
 Lithuanian: loterija |
 Latvian: loterija, izloze; loterij |
 Malay: rafel, loteri |
 Dutch: loterij |
 Norwegian: utlodning, tombola, lotte |
 Polish: loteria fantowa |
 Persian: قرعه کشی؛ لاتاری |
 Pashto: بخت از موينه، پچه اچونه، |
 Portuguese: rifa |
 Romanian: (de) loterie; tombolă |
 Russian: лотерея |
 Slovak: tombola |
 Slovenian: srečolov |
 Serbian: lutrija |
 Swedish: lotteri |
 Thai: การขายตั๋วจับฉลากโดยมีสิ่ |
 Turkish: eşya piyangosu |
 Taiwanese: 抽獎募款 |
 Ukrainian: лотерея |
 Urdu: فروخت بذریعہ قرعہ اندازی |
 Vietnamese: cuộc xổ số để bán hàng (n |
 Chinese: 抽彩售货法 |
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