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SWEEPSTAKES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sweepstakes mean?
• SWEEPSTAKES (noun)
The noun SWEEPSTAKES has 1 sense:
1. a lottery in which the prize consists of the money paid by the participants
Familiarity information: SWEEPSTAKES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A lottery in which the prize consists of the money paid by the participants
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("sweepstakes" is a kind of...):
drawing; lottery (players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots)
Domain usage:
plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)
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