Associations to the word «Raffle»

Wiktionary

RAFFLE, noun. A drawing, often held as a fundraiser, in which tickets or chances are sold to win a prize.
RAFFLE, noun. (obsolete) A game of dice in which the player who throws three of the same number wins all the stakes.
RAFFLE, verb. (transitive) To award something by means of a raffle or random drawing, often used with off.
RAFFLE, verb. (intransitive) To participate in a raffle.
RAFFLE, noun. Refuse; rubbish

Dictionary definition

RAFFLE, noun. A lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money.
RAFFLE, verb. Dispose of in a lottery; "We raffled off a trip to the Bahamas".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca