English-Thai Dictionary

lottery

N การเสี่ยงโชค  chance kan-siang-chok

 

lottery

N สลากกินแบ่ง  ล็อตเตอรี่  sa-lak-kin-bang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LOTTERY

n.[See Lot. ] 1. A scheme for the distribution of prizes by chance, or the distribution itself. Lotteries are often authorized by law, but many good men deem them immoral in principle, and almost all men concur in the opinion that their effects are pernicious.
2. Allotment. [Not used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LOTTERY

Lot "ter *y, n.; pl. Lotteries. Etym: [Lot + -ery, as in brewery, bindery. ]

 

1. 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.

 

Note: The laws of the United States and of most of the States make lotteries illegal.

 

2. Allotment; thing allotted. [Obs. ] Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

lottery

lot ter y |ˈlätərē ˈlɑdəri | ▶noun ( pl. lotteries ) a means of raising money by selling numbered tickets and giving prizes to the holders of numbers drawn at random. • [ in sing. ] a process or thing whose success or outcome is governed by chance: the lottery of life. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: probably from Dutch loterij, from lot ‘lot. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

lottery

lot |tery |ˈlɒt (ə )ri | ▶noun ( pl. lotteries ) a means of raising money by selling numbered tickets and giving prizes to the holders of numbers drawn at random. • [ in sing. ] a situation whose success or outcome is governed by chance: you can appeal, but the procedure is something of a lottery. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: probably from Dutch loterij, from lot ‘lot ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

lottery

lottery noun 1 play the lottery: raffle, drawing, prize drawing, sweepstake (s ), lotto. 2 life is a lottery: gamble, speculation, venture, risk, game of chance, matter of luck; informal crapshoot.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

lottery

lottery noun Dad had won £7,000 in a lottery: raffle, (prize ) draw, sweepstake, sweep, bingo, lotto, tombola, drawing of lots, pools; gamble, speculation, game of chance, competition.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

lottery

lot ter y /lɑ́t (ə )ri |lɔ́t -/名詞 複 -ies 1 C 宝くじ, 富くじ, くじ引き, 抽選 ▸ a lottery ticket 富くじ札, 宝くじの券 2 U 〖時にa ～〗運, 巡り合わせ .