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# raffle

noun (a raffle, raffles); verb (raffle, raffles, raffled, raffling)

«raffle» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A way of raising money where people buy numbered tickets and winning tickets are drawn to get prizes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raffle/#m1)
2. (verb) To offer something as a raffle prize. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raffle/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life schools, clubs and churches hold raffles at fairs and fêtes to raise money for charity. In maths it is a classic probability problem: if 100 tickets are sold and you buy 5, your chance of winning the one prize is 5 in 100. Phrases: raffle ticket, win a raffle, hold a raffle, raffle prize.

### Examples

- I bought three raffle tickets at the school fair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raffle/#x1)
- Gran won a hamper in the raffle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raffle/#x2)
- The club raffled a bike to raise money. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raffle/#x3)
- The raffle will be drawn at four o'clock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raffle/#x4)
- Tickets cost £1 each, or five for £4. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raffle/#x5)
- If 200 tickets are sold and I have 4, my chance is 4 out of 200. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raffle/#x6)

### Note

Countable. A raffle is a kind of lottery, but small and local. In probability problems, the chance of winning = your tickets ÷ all tickets sold (for one prize).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «raffle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raffle/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«raffle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/raffle.html) on Mova free.