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RAFFLE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("raffle" is a kind of...):

drawing; lottery (players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots)

Derivation:

raffle (dispose of in a lottery)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dispose of in a lottery

Example:

We raffled off a trip to the Bahamas

Synonyms:

raffle; raffle off

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "raffle" is one way to...):

gift; give; present (give as a present; make a gift of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

raffle (a lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money)

Credits

 Context examples: 

If you want to buy a charity raffle ticket or scratch-off lotto ticket (so you can control the date you find out if you won, namely, December 15), don’t buy dozens of tickets.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Try buying a number of charity raffle tickets or two or three scratch-off lotto tickets that weekend, March 7-8.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The coming solar eclipse on December 25 will be so powerful and magnificent for your financial life, I think you should invest in a few scratch-off lotto or charity raffle tickets.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

This could be a day you will win a charity raffle or scratch-off lotto game, so why not give it a try?

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)