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Meaning of 'raffle' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Raffle [ v.]
- 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.
- A game of dice in which he who threw three alike won all the stakes.
2 . Raffle [ v. i.]
- To engage in a raffle; as, to raffle for a watch.
3 . Raffle [ v. t.]
- To dispose of by means of a raffle; -- often followed by off; as, to raffle off a horse.

Meaning of 'raffle' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . raffle [ v]
Meaning (1):
- dispose of in a lottery
Example in sentence:
  • We raffled off a trip to the Bahamas

Nearby Words:

raff raffaelesque raffed raffia raffing raffinose raffish raffled raffler rafflesia

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