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The definition of a raffle is a contest where each ticket or entry gives someone a chance to win.

(noun)

An example of a raffle is the contest at the county fair where one ticket is pulled out of a hat to see who wins a prize.

To raffle is to offer as a prize in a lottery-like competition.

(verb)

An example of raffle is to offer a handmade blanket as a prize to encourage people to buy tickets for a fundraiser.

See raffle in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a lottery in which each participant buys a chance or chances to win a prize

Origin: ME rafle < MFr, dice game, lit., a raking in < OHG raffel, a rake, scraper, akin to OE hreppan, to touch, grasp < IE base *(s)ker-, to cut > harvest

transitive verb raffled, raffling

to offer as a prize in a raffle: often with off

intransitive verb

Now Rare to take part in a raffle: with for

Related Forms:

raffler noun

noun

a jumble or tangle, esp. of ropes, canvas, etc. on a ship

Origin: prob. < Fr, a sweeping together, raking in: see raffle

See raffle in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A lottery in which a number of persons buy chances to win a prize.

verb raf·fled, raf·fling, raf·fles

verb, transitive

To dispose of in a raffle. Often used with off.

verb, intransitive

To conduct or take part in a raffle.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English rafle, a game using dice

Origin: , from Old French, act of seizing, dice game

Origin: , perhaps of Germanic origin

Related Forms:

rafˈfler noun

noun

Rubbish; debris.

Origin:

Origin: Probably from French rafle, act of seizing

Origin: , from Old French; see raffle¹

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