raffle off

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raf⋅fle

1 [raf-uh

noun, verb, -fled, -fling.

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–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.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME rafle dice game < MF, deriv. of rafler to snatch; cf. raff

Related forms:

raffler, noun

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Word Origin & History

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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