RAFFLE


Meaning of RAFFLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ræf(ə)l ]

( raffles, raffling, raffled)

1.

A raffle is a competition in which you buy tickets with numbers on them. Afterwards some numbers are chosen, and if your ticket has one of these numbers on it, you win a prize.

Any more raffle tickets? Twenty-five pence each or five for a pound.

= lottery

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2.

If someone raffles something, they give it as a prize in a raffle.

During each show we will be raffling a fabulous prize.

VERB : V n

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