Definition of lottery Lottery
/lɑˈtɚi/ - [lateree] - lot•ter•y
We found 11 definitions of lottery from 7 different sources.
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What does lottery mean?
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NounPlural: lotteries |
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| lottery - players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots | ||
| drawing | ||
| gambling game, game of chance a game that involves gambling | ||
| tombola a lottery in which tickets are drawn from a revolving drum | ||
| lucky dip a selection or decision purely at random; "their system of hiring people seemed to be a sort of lucky dip" | ||
| numbers game, numbers pool, numbers racket, numbers an illegal daily lottery | ||
| raffle a lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money | ||
| lottery - something that is regarded as a chance event; "the election was just a lottery to them" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- lottery (n.)
A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance; esp., a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, and the rest of tickets are blanks. Fig. : An affair of chance. - lottery (n.)
Allotment; thing allotted.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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lottery
A form of gambling which involves the drawing of lots for a prize.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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lottery
lot′ėr-i, n. a distribution of prizes by lot or chance: a game of chance
Wikipedia 
- A lottery is a type of gambling contest where people buy a ticket to win large sums of money.
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🔤- lottery, noun, singular of lotteries.
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