lottery
Meaning
- A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance, especially a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, the other tickets are blanks.
- Something decided by chance.
- (obsolete) Allotment; a thing allotted.
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Hyphenated as
lot‧te‧ry
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈlɒtəɹi/
Etymology
In summary
Borrowed from Italian lotteria, from the same root as Old English hlot (cognate with English lot). Compare French loterie (from Middle Dutch loterie). By surface analysis, lot + -ery.
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