English-Thai Dictionary

raffle

N การ ขาย ตั๋ว จับฉลาก (โดย มี สิ่งของ เป็น รางวัล มากกว่า เงิน  การ ขาย สินค้า ด้วย การ จับฉลาก  lottery kan-kai-tua-jub-cha-lak

 

raffle

N ขยะมูลฝอย  ของเสีย  trash ka-ya-mun-foi

 

raffle

VT ให้รางวัล ด้วย การ จับฉลาก  draw lots hai-rang-wan-duai-kan-jab-cha-lak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RAFFLE

v.i.[Heb. to strive. See Raff. ] To cast dice for a prize, for which each person concerned in the game lays down a stake, or hazards a part of the value; as, to raffle for a watch.

 

RAFFLE

n.A game of chance, or lottery in which several persons deposit a part of the value of the thing, in consideration of the chance of gaining it. The successful thrower of the dice takes or sweeps the whole.

 

RAFFLER

n.One who raffles.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RAFFLE

Raf "fle, n. Etym: [F. rafle; faire rafle to sweep stakes, fr. rafter to carry or sweep away, rafler tout to sweep stakes; of German origin; cf. G. raffeln to snatch up, to rake. See Raff, v.]

 

1. A kind of lottery, in which several persons pay, in shares, the value of something put up as a stake, and then determine by chance (as by casting dice ) which one of them shall become the sole possessor.

 

2. A game of dice in which he who threw three alike won all the stakes. [Obs. ] Cotgrave.

 

RAFFLE

Raf "fle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Raffled; p. pr. & vb. n. Raffling. ]

 

Defn: To engage in a raffle; as, to raffle for a watch.

 

RAFFLE

RAFFLE Raf "fle, v. t.

 

Defn: To dispose of by means of a raffle; -- often followed by off; as, to raffle off a horse.

 

RAFFLER

RAFFLER Raf "fler, n.

 

Defn: One who raffles.

 

RAFFLESIA

Raf *fle "si *a, n. Etym: [NL. Named from its discoverer, Sir S.Raffle. ] (Bot. )

 

Defn: A genus of stemless, leafless plants, living parasitically upon the roots and stems of grapevines in Malaysia. The flowers have a carrionlike odor, and are very large, in one species (Rafflesia Arnoldi ) having a diameter of two or three feet.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

raffle

raf fle 1 |ˈrafəl ˈræfəl | ▶noun a means of raising money by selling numbered tickets, one or some of which are subsequently drawn at random, the holder or holders of such tickets winning a prize. ▶verb [ with obj. ] (usu. be raffled ) offer (something ) as a prize in such a lottery: a work that will be raffled off for a fine arts scholarship. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting a kind of dice game ): from Old French, of unknown origin. The current sense dates from the mid 18th cent.

 

raffle

raf fle 2 |ˈræfəl ˈrafəl | ▶noun rubbish; refuse: the raffle of the yard below. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘rabble, riffraff ’): perhaps from Old French ne rifle ne rafle ‘nothing at all. ’

 

Raffles, Sir Stamford

Raf fles, Sir Stamford |ˈrafəlz ˈræfəlz | (1781 –1826 ), British colonial administrator; full name Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles. He persuaded the East India Company to purchase the undeveloped island of Singapore in 1819 and undertook much of the preliminary work for transforming it into an international port and center of commerce.

 

rafflesia

raf fle sia |rəˈflēZHə, ra- rəˈfliʒiə | ▶noun a parasitic plant that lacks chlorophyll and bears a single, very large flower that smells of carrion, native to Malaysia and Indonesia. [Genus Rafflesia, family Rafflesiaceae: several species, including R. arnoldii, with flowers over 2 feet (60 cm ) across. ] ORIGIN modern Latin, named after Sir T. Stamford Raffles, Sir Stamford .

 

Oxford Dictionary

raffle

raffle 1 |ˈraf (ə )l | ▶noun a means of raising money by selling numbered tickets, one or some of which are subsequently drawn at random, the holder or holders of such tickets winning a prize. ▶verb [ with obj. ] offer as a prize in a raffle. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting a kind of dice game ): from Old French, of unknown origin. The current sense dates from the mid 18th cent.

 

raffle

raffle 2 |ˈraf (ə )l | ▶noun [ mass noun ] dialect rubbish; refuse: the raffle of the yard below. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘rabble, riff-raff ’): perhaps from Old French ne rifle ne rafle ‘nothing at all ’.

 

Raffles, Sir Stamford

Raf ¦fles |ˈraf (ə )lz | (1781 –1826 ), British colonial administrator; full name Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles. As Lieutenant General of Sumatra he persuaded the East India Company to purchase the undeveloped island of Singapore (1819 ), undertaking much of the preliminary work for transforming it into an international port and centre of commerce.

 

rafflesia

rafflesia |rəˈfliːʒɪə, -ˈzɪə | ▶noun a parasitic plant which lacks chlorophyll and bears a single very large flower which smells of carrion, native to Malaysia and Indonesia. ●Genus Rafflesia, family Rafflesiaceae: several species, including R. arnoldii, with flowers over 60 cm (2 ft ) across. ORIGIN modern Latin, named after Sir T. Stamford Raffles, Sir Stamford .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

raffle

raffle noun the winner of our raffle was Doris: lottery, lotto, drawing, prize drawing, sweepstake (s ).

 

Oxford Thesaurus

raffle

raffle noun she won the car in a raffle: lottery, (prize ) draw, sweepstake, sweep, tombola, ballot; Brit. trademark Instants; N. Amer. lotto, numbers game /pool /racket; Austral. /NZ tote, pakapoo.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

raffle

raf fle /rǽf (ə )l /名詞 C 富 [宝 ]くじ (販売 )(lottery, draw ).動詞 他動詞 〈物 〉を富くじの景品とする (off ).自動詞 富くじ販売に加わる .