RAFFLE


Meaning of RAFFLE in English

add. ·v refuse; rubbish; raff.

2. raffle ·vi to engage in a raffle; as, to raffle for a watch.

3. raffle ·v a game of dice in which he who threw three alike won all the stakes.

4. raffle ·vt to dispose of by means of a raffle;

— often followed by off; as, to raffle off a horse.

5. 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.

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