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Meaning of 'lottery' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Lottery [ n.]
- A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance; esp., a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, and the rest of tickets are blanks. Fig. : An affair of chance.
- Allotment; thing allotted.

Meaning of 'lottery' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . lottery [ n]
Meaning (1):
- something that is regarded as a chance event
Example in sentence:
  • the election was just a lottery to them

Nearby Words:

lot lote loth lothario lothly lothsome lotion loto lotong lotophagi

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