noun
raffle
RAFL
noun
1
A fundraising draw in which people buy tickets for a chance to win a prize.
"She won a bottle of champagne in the school raffle."
"We sold two hundred raffle tickets to raise money for the shelter."
verb
1
To give away something as the prize in a raffle.
"The club is raffling off a signed football shirt."
How to Use Raffle
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA game of chance where ticket-holders compete for a prize, usually to raise money for charity.
Common pairings
enter a raffle
raffle ticket
win the raffle
raffle off a prize
Word Forms
raffled past tense, raffles plural, raffles singular
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Etymology
From Old French rafle, a dice game (also meaning "plundering"), from a verb meaning "to snatch or seize" — related to the idea of grabbing a prize by chance.