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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
sweepstake
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Clare felt as if she had won a sweepstake.
▪ Could it be one of those sweepstakes enticements that would bury me under a dune of unwanted magazines?
▪ Officials at Cheltenham, which stages the trial fixture on November 15, have agreed to hold sweepstakes on the races.
▪ Since his last visit she has framed the letter that arrived with some magazine subscription sweepstakes.
▪ There are then further prizes of gold medals, the Phillips Cup and the proceeds of two sweepstakes.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sweepstake

Sweepstake \Sweep"stake`\, n.

  1. A winning of all the stakes or prizes.
    --Heylin.

  2. A complete removal or carrying away; a clean sweep. [Obs.]
    --Bp. Hacket.

Wiktionary
sweepstake

alt. 1 A lottery in which the prize or prizes constitute all the money paid by the participants. 2 (context US English) A prize draw. n. 1 A lottery in which the prize or prizes constitute all the money paid by the participants. 2 (context US English) A prize draw.

WordNet
sweepstake

n. a lottery in which the prize consists of the money paid by the participants [syn: sweepstakes]

Wikipedia
Sweepstake (disambiguation)

Sweepstake or Sweepstakes may refer to several things:

  • Sweepstakes, a form of gambling where the entire prize may be awarded to the winner
  • "Sweepstakes" (song), a song by British virtual band Gorillaz
  • Sweepstakes (film), an American film

Usage examples of "sweepstake".

I saw space between his feet and the floor, but when he spoke, the fact that my fiancé was defying the laws of gravity fell to second place in the creepy sweepstakes.

The synapsids are going to take a major hit in the evolutionary sweepstakes.

As he watched Tracy disappear down the corridor towards the custody block, Longton decided he had better shorten the odds in the office sweepstake.

Plus, I think Bridget has a right to know that Manda picked her boyfriend as the lucky winner in the Devirginization Sweepstakes.

But they were a longshot entry in the galactic sweepstakes anyway, for their sludgy metabolism was simply too slow to compete with warmer, quicker races.

She subscribes to all the women's magazines and enters the sweepstakes.

What we'd like to operate is a sweepstakes, but the antigambling laws on Earth forbid that.

After some argument Sweepstakes tickets were made valuta at a discount, $2.

Cascade Dishwashing Detergent For Spotless Dishes Sweepstakes She is just about to read the Easy Directions, Enter Now, No Purchase Required, when she sees on the next page: Breakthrough In Technology!

People wanted new cars, or money to pay off their mortgages, or to win the Publisher's Clearinghouse sweepstakes.

By now the proliferous gaming houses, the interstellar numbers service, the randoma-tic sweepstakes, were only froth on the Wheel's activities.

They hit the royal flush/Irish Sweepstakes jackpot--Jimmy Hoffa would SHIT when he heard it.

I am to dine with them today, and we are to have a grand poetic contest, a kind of sweepstake, to be judged by secret ballot.

Which is pretty sleepy until the next week, when my brother's agency announces the big Simoleons Sweepstakes.

It is not the Company's wish that the Smoke Room Steward or other members of the ship's personnel should play an active part in organizing sweepstakes on the daily run.