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Английский Этимологический словарь - raffle

 
 

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Raffle

raffle
- 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.
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1.
  ~1 n a kind of competition or game in which people buy numbered tickets and can win prizes ~2 also raffle off ~ v to offer something as a prize in a raffle ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
2.
  (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
3.
   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
4.
  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
5.
  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 ...
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   1. noun лотерея  2. v.  1) разыгрывать в лотерее (часто raffle off)  2) участвовать в лотерее ...
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