Definition of raffle - Reverso English Dictionary
Noun
1.
fundraiserdrawing to win prizes by buying tickets
- We bought tickets for the school raffle.
2.
wasteDated UK refuse or rubbishDated UK
- He considered the broken toys as raffle.
Verb
lotterygive away items by selling numbered tickets for a draw
- They decided to raffle the painting at the event.
Images of raffle
drawing to win prizes by buying tickets 
refuse or rubbish
Expressions with raffle
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sell tickets for a chance to win something
They decided to raffle off the painting at the event.
lottery where the prize is a chicken
He won a chicken at the local chook raffle last week..
express inability to manage simple tasks or events effectively
He couldn't organise a chook raffle, so the event was a mess.
fail to arrange even a simple event or task successfully
He couldn't organise a two-ticket raffle, let alone a big party.
Origin of raffle
French, rafle (a snatching)
Terms with raffle included in their meaning
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raffle system
game where people buy tickets for a chance to win prizes
prize picking
lottery or raffle event
raffle-related
related to or involving a raffle
lottery
being distributed by a raffle
events
give away as a prize in a raffle
lottery
distributed through a raffle or lottery
Examples of raffle in a sentence
She won a bicycle in the community raffle. The old papers were just raffle to him. Discarded raffle cluttered the backyard. The school plans to raffle a bicycle next month. We will raffle concert tickets to raise funds.
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- French:tombola, tirer au sort, ...
- German:Tombola, verlosen, ...
- Italian:lotteria, sorteggiare, ...
- Spanish:rifa, rifar, ...
- Portuguese:sorteio, sortear, ...
- Chinese:抽奖活动, 抽奖赠送, ...
- Japanese:抽選会, 抽選で贈る, ...
- Arabic:سحب خيري, أَجْرَى قُرْعَةً, ...
- Hebrew:הַגְרָלָה, לְהַגְרִיל, ...
- Russian:лотерея, разыграть, ...
- Ukrainian:лотерея, провести лотерею, ...
- Hindi:इनामी ड्रा, पुरस्कार देना, ...
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