0 an activity in which people buy tickets with different numbers, some of which are later chosen to win prizes, that is organized in order to make money for a good social purpose:
2 a system of selling numbered tickets and then giving prizes to those people whose numbers are chosen by chance
Two children's intensive-care cots were provided for the local hospital by people in the area joining together and raising money through fetes, collections and raffles.
I have no objection to helping in raffles and making a contribution.
All such functions hold raffles to raise money.
The objects that are sold are so large that they cannot be bought by an individual and, therefore, they are raffled.
Often parcels of grocery that have been put in the bazaar on sale or return are made up and raffled in the ordinary way.
I hope we shall not have wholesale raffles to rectify an unfair taxation system.
We know that quite simple people in villages are sometimes harried because of little raffles that they run.
Despite that, in six years, through tombolas and raffles, the hospice has raised over £1 million.
中文繁体
(為社會公益事業進行的)抽彩(活動), (兌獎售物活動中)以…為獎品…
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(为社会公益事业进行的)抽彩(活动), (兑奖售物活动中)以…为奖品…
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rifa, rifar…
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rifa, rifar…
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piyango, eşya piyangosu…
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(de) tombola, mettre qqch en tombola…
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tombola, dát do tomboly…
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lotteri, lotteri-, udlodde…
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