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raf⋅fle
1
[raf-uh
l] 
noun, verb, -fled, -fling.–noun
| 1. | a form of lottery in which a number of persons buy one or more chances to win a prize. |
–verb (used with object)
| 2. | to dispose of by a raffle (often fol. by off): to raffle off a watch. |
–verb (used without object)
| 3. | to take part in a raffle. |
Related forms:
raffler, noun
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| raf·fle 1 (rāf'əl) n. A lottery in which a number of persons buy chances to win a prize. v. raf·fled, raf·fling, raf·fles v. tr. To dispose of in a raffle. Often used with off. v. intr. To conduct or take part in a raffle. [Middle English rafle, a game using dice, from Old French, act of seizing, dice game, perhaps of Germanic origin.] raf'fler n. |
| raf·fle 2 (rāf'əl) n. Rubbish; debris. [Probably from French rafle, act of seizing, from Old French; see raffle1.] |
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Raffle
Raf"fle\, n. [F. rafle; faire rafle to sweep stakes, fr. rafter to carry or sweep away, rafler tout to sweep stakes; of German origin; cf. G. raffeln to snatch up, to rake. See Raff, v.]1. 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. 2. A game of dice in which he who threw three alike won all the stakes. [Obs.] --Cotgrave.Raffle
Raf"fle\, v. t. To dispose of by means of a raffle; -- often followed by off; as, to raffle off a horse.
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Language Translation for : raffle
Spanish:
rifa,
German:
die Tombola; Tombola…,
Japanese:
富くじ
raffle
c.1386, from O.Fr. rafle "dice game," also "plundering," perhaps from a Gmc. source (cf. M.Du. raffel "dice game," O.Fris. hreppa "to move," O.N. hreppa "to reach, get," Ger. raffen "to snatch away, sweep off"), from P.Gmc. *khrap- "to pluck out, snatch off." The notion would be "to sweep up (the stakes), to snatch (the winnings)." Dietz connects the O.Fr. word with the Gmc. root, but OED is against this. Meaning "sale of chances" first recorded 1766.
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