raffle
noun/ˈræfl/
/ˈræfl/
- a way of making money for a particular project or organization. People buy tickets with numbers on them and some of these numbers are later chosen to win prizes.
- raffle prizes/tickets
- I won this bottle of wine in a raffle.
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyc2- He's organizing a raffle for the school playground appeal fund.
- The office is holding a raffle to raise money for the local hospital.
- You can enter the raffle and win some amazing prizes.
- The club secretary will now draw the raffle.
- the winning raffle ticket
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- charity
- have
- hold
- organize
- …
- ticket
- prize
- in a/the raffle
- raffle for
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a kind of dice game): from Old French, of unknown origin. The current sense dates from the mid 18th cent.
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