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sweepstakes |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sweepstakes \Sweep"stakes`\, n. 1. A winning of all the stakes or prizes; a sweepstake. 2. sing. or 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. 3. A race for all the sums staked or prizes offered. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sweepstakes n : a lottery in which the prize consists of the money paid by the participants [syn: {sweepstake}]
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