sortītiō — meaning in English
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English meaning
- lottery noun A game in which people buy numbered tickets and prizes are awarded to whichever numbers are drawn at random.
Senses
sortītiō is used for these senses in English:
- lottery A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance, especially a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, the other tickets are blanks.
lottery — full definition
- noun A game in which people buy numbered tickets and prizes are awarded to whichever numbers are drawn at random.
- noun Something whose outcome depends entirely on chance rather than effort or skill.
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