Look up: sweepstakes

1. sweepstakes
   in a -- the participants merely submit their names to have them included in a drawing of prize winners. Category: Commerce - movement of goods
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2. Sweepstakes
   Sweep'stakes` noun 1. A winning of all the stakes or prizes; a sweepstake. 2. sing. or plural The whole money or other things staked at a horse race, a given sum being put up for each horse, all of which goes to t...
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3. sweepstakes
   noun a lottery in which the prize consists of the money paid by the participants
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4. Sweepstakes
   • (sing. / pl.) The whole money or other things staked at a horse race, a given sum being put up for each horse, all of which goes to the winner, or is divided among several, as may be previously agreed. • (sing. / pl.) A race for all the sums staked or prizes offered. • (n.) A winnin...
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5. sweepstakes
   sweepstakes, contest or race, usually a horse race, on which a lottery is run. Prizes are awarded to the holders of winning tickets. In the case of a horse race, the draw is made from the names of all the horses entered in the race and vast numbers of blanks. Thus most ticket holders draw blanks, wh...
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6. Sweepstakes
   Type of betting whereby each horse in a race is drawn out of a hat by a particular person (who pays a set amount of money for the privilege of buying a horse). The people which chose the winner and placegetters will receive a percentage of the total money pool.
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7. Sweepstakes
   The United States consumer sales promotion known as a sweepstake (also known by its inflected forms which are both single and plural: `sweepstakes` and `sweeps`) has become associated with marketing promotions targeted toward both generating enthusiasm and providing incentive reactions among custome...
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8. Sweepstakes
   (schooner) `Sweepstakes` (also known as Sweeps) was a Canadian schooner built in Burlington, Ontario in 1867. It was damaged off Cove Island then towed to Big Tub Harbour, where it sank in September 1885. The remains of Sweepstakes lie in Big Tub Harbour, located in the F...
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