Definition of raffle Raffle

/ɹæˈfʌl/ - [raful] - raf•fle

We found 13 definitions of raffle from 6 different sources.

What does raffle mean?

Noun Plural: raffles
raffle - a lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money
		lottery, drawing players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots
Verb raffles, raffling, raffled
raffle - dispose of in a lottery; "We raffled off a trip to the Bahamas"
		raffle off
		gift, present, give bring forward and present to the mind; "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason"

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raffle (Noun)
A drawing, often held as a fundraiser, in which tickets or chances are sold to win a prize.
raffle (Verb)
To award something by means of a raffle or random drawing, often used with off.
raffle (Verb)
To participate in a raffle.

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.
raffle (v.)
A game of dice in which he who threw three alike won all the stakes.
raffle (v. i.)
To engage in a raffle; as, to raffle for a watch.
raffle (v. t.)
To dispose of by means of a raffle; -- often followed by off; as, to raffle off a horse.

raffle
raf′l, n. a kind of sale by chance or lottery in which the price is subscribed equally by all who hope to win.—v.i. to try a raffle.—n. Raff′ler. [Fr. rafle, a certain game of dice—rafler, to sweep away—Ger. raffeln, freq. of raffen (A.S. reafian), to seize.]
raffle
raf′l, n. lumber, rubbish. [Cf. Raff (1).]

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