raffle
A drawing, often held as a fundraiser, in which tickets or chances are sold to win a prizeA drawing, often held as a fundraiser, in which tickets or chances are sold to win a prize.
» Did Tom buy a raffle ticket?
Том купил лотерейный билет?
Том купив лотерейний квиток?
Значення
значень: 4A drawing, often held as a fundraiser, in which tickets or chances are sold to win a prize.
He entered a raffle to win a lifetime supply of toothpaste, but he did not win.
Tombola, Verlosung
лотере́яlotɛréja
(Philippines)The system by which cases are assigned to judges in multi-sala courts.
(застаріле, незлічуване)Refuse; rubbish.
the oversurviving raffle of half-green things which the gentle winter has suffered to live
(застаріле)A game of dice in which the player who throws three of the same number wins all the stakes.
- a lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money
Приклади
речень: 14Did Tom buy a raffle ticket?
Том купив лотерейний квиток?
ruТом купил лотерейный билет?
I won the raffle.
Я виграв у лотереї.
Do you ever buy raffle tickets?
ruТы когда-нибудь покупаешь лотерейные билеты?
Do you still have that raffle ticket?
Have you bought a raffle ticket yet?
Переклади
мов: 8За значеннями 1
За значеннями 1
Походження
From Middle English rafle, from Old French rafle, raffle (“dice game", also "plundering”),From Middle English rafle, from Old French rafle, raffle (“dice game", also "plundering”), from rafler (“to snatch, seize, carry off”), from Frankish *raffolōn, from Proto-Germanic *hrapōną, *hrēpōną (“to scratch, touch, pluck out, snatch”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreb(h)-, *(s)kerb(h)- (“to turn, bend, shrink”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Middle Dutch raffel (“dice game”), German raffen (“to snatch away, sweep off”), Old English hreppan (“to touch, treat, attack”).
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