Look up: sweepstakes

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   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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   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 the winner, or is divided among several, as may be previously agreed. 3. A race for all the sums staked or prizes offered.
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   sweepstakes
   noun a lottery in which the prize consists of the money paid by the participants
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   Sweepstakes
   A `sweepstake` is a prize draw generally intended to generate publicity for a product or service. Technically, in terms of the original meaning of the word, a sweepstakes is a game of chance in which the prize is financed through the tickets sold. In the United States the word has become associated with promotions where prizes are given away for free. In other words, they specifically `do not` require a purchase to enter (these are called `prize ...
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   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 winning of all the stakes or prizes; a sweepstake.Sweeps...
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   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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