raffling Definition

raffle
noun

1. A lottery, often to raise money for charity, in which numbered tickets, which are drawn from a container holding all the numbers sold, win prizes for the holders of the tickets that match the numbers drawn.

verb

raffled, raffling
1. To offer something as a prize in a raffle.

Form: raffle something off (also)

Derivative: raffler
noun

Etymology: 18c in this sense; 14c: meaning ‘a French variety of the game of dice'.