Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - raffle
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(raffles, raffling, raffled) 1. A raffle is a competition in which you buy tickets with numbers on them. Afterwards some numbers are chosen, and if your ticket has one of these numbers on it, you win a prize. Any more raffle tickets? Twenty-five pence each or five for a pound. = lottery N-COUNT 2. If someone raffles something, they give it as a prize in a raffle. During each show we will be raffling a fabulous prize. VERB: V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. verb (~d; raffling) Date: circa 1680 intransitive verb to engage in a ~ transitive verb to dispose of by means of a ~ ~ off a turkey II. noun Etymology: Middle English rafle, a dice game, from Middle French, dice game in which all the stakes can be won in a throw, literally, rake for a fire, from Middle High German raffel rake for a fire, from raffen to snatch, gather Date: 1766 a lottery in which the prize is won by one of numerous persons buying chances III. noun Etymology: probably from French rafle act of snatching, sweeping, from Middle French, rake for a fire Date: 1881 rubbish; especially a jumble or tangle of nautical equipment ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. n. & v. --n. a fund-raising lottery with goods as prizes. --v.tr. (often foll. by off) dispose of by means of a raffle. Etymology: ME, a kind of dice-game, f. OF raf(f)le, of unkn. orig. 2. n. 1 rubbish; refuse. 2 lumber; debris. Etymology: ME, perh. f. OF ne rifle, ne rafle nothing at all ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. вещевая лотерея raffle tickets —- лотерейные билеты 2. разыгрывать в лотерее (часто raffle off) 3. проводить лотерею 4. участвовать в лотерее 5. хлам, мусор 6. свалка 7. редк. вырезать зубцами 8. редк. мять, комкать ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun лотерея 2. v. 1) разыгрывать в лотерее (часто raffle off) 2) участвовать в лотерее ...Англо-русский словарь
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- c.1390, 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"), from P.Gmc. *khrap-. Meaning "sale of chances" first recorded 1766. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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