[sweep-steyks] 
) | 1. | a race or other contest for which the prize consists of the stakes contributed by the various competitors. |
| 2. | the prize itself. |
| 3. | a lottery in which winning tickets are selected at random, each winning-ticket number then being matched to one of the horses nominated for or entered in a specific race, and the amounts paid the winners being determined by the finishing order of the horses that run. |
| 4. | lottery (def. 2). |
| 5. | any gambling transaction in which each of a number of persons contributes a stake, and the stakes are awarded to one or several winners. |
| 6. | a risky venture that promises large rewards: the high-tech sweepstakes. |
[sweep-steyk] | a sweepstakes. |
| sweep·stakes (swēp'stāks') pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
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