LOTTERY
\lˈɒtəɹi], \lˈɒtəɹi], \l_ˈɒ_t_ə_ɹ_i]\
Definitions of LOTTERY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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something that is regarded as a chance event; "the election was just a lottery to them"
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players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed according to the drawing of lots
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance; esp., a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, and the rest of tickets are blanks. Fig. : An affair of chance.
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Allotment; thing allotted.
By Oddity Software
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A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance; esp., a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, and the rest of tickets are blanks. Fig. : An affair of chance.
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Allotment; thing allotted.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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A distribution of prizes by chance.
By James Champlin Fernald
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