lottery

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  1. noun A contest in which tokens are distributed or sold, the winning token or tokens being secretly predetermined or ultimately selected in a random drawing.
  2. noun A selection made by lot from a number of applicants or competitors: The state uses a lottery to assign spaces in the campground.
  3. noun An activity or event regarded as having an outcome depending on fate: They considered combat duty a lottery.

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  1. French loterie, probably from Dutch loterije, from Middle Dutch, from lot, lot.

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  1. = Dutch loterij = German lotterie = Danish Swedish lotteri = Spanish lotería = Portuguese loteria, from French loterie, lottery, a lottery, from lot, lot, share: see lot, n.
 

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