Australian English Meaning of raffle

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Definitions and Meaning of raffle in English

Wordnet

raffle (n)

a lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money

Wordnet

raffle (v)

dispose of in a lottery

Webster

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.

Refuse; rubbish; raff.

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raffle (v. i.)

To engage in a raffle; as, to raffle for a watch.

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raffle (v. t.)

To dispose of by means of a raffle; -- often followed by off; as, to raffle off a horse.

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