RAFFLE


Meaning of RAFFLE in English

(~s, raffling, ~d)

1.

A ~ 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 ~ tickets? Twenty-five pence each or five for a pound.

= lottery

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2.

If someone ~s something, they give it as a prize in a ~.

During each show we will be raffling a fabulous prize.

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