"sweepstake" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈswipˌsteɪk/ [US] Forms: sweepstakes [plural]
Etymology: From sweep + stake. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|sweep|stake}} sweep + stake Head templates: {{en-noun}} sweepstake (plural sweepstakes)
  1. A lottery in which the prize or prizes constitute all the money paid by the participants. Translations (lottery): лотария (lotarija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), тотализатор (totalizator) [masculine] (Bulgarian), loterie [feminine] (Czech), loterij [feminine] (Dutch), arvonta (Finnish), arpajaiset (Finnish), sorsolásos szerencsejáték (Hungarian), sorsjáték (Hungarian), nyereményjáték (Hungarian), lotteria [feminine] (Italian), gioco a premi [masculine] (Italian), loteria [feminine] (Polish), rifa [feminine] (Portuguese), lotaria [feminine] (Portuguese), duais-sgrìob (Scottish Gaelic), lutrija (Serbo-Croatian), nagradna igra (Serbo-Croatian), rifa [feminine] (Spanish), lotería [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sweepstake-en-noun-oen-gSpJ Disambiguation of 'lottery': 84 16
  2. (US) A prize draw. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-sweepstake-en-noun-qiTk4sIB Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English exocentric verb-noun compounds, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of English exocentric verb-noun compounds: 19 81 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: swoopstake [dialectal] Derived forms: veepstakes

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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