sweepstakes

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English - Turkish
{i} müşterek bahis
{i} ödenen paraların tümünü bir/birkaç kişinin kazanabileceği bir bahis türü/piyango
piyango ve at yarışlarında kazanınca verilen büyük mebla
{i} piyango
{i} çekiliş

Benim hobilerim, okuma, yazma, yürüyüş ve çekilişlere girmedir. - My hobbies are reading, writing, walking and entering sweepstakes.

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sweepstake
çekiliş

Benim hobilerim, okuma, yazma, yürüyüş ve çekilişlere girmedir. - My hobbies are reading, writing, walking and entering sweepstakes.

sweepstake
(at yarışı/vb.) bahis
sweepstake
{i} müşterek bahis
sweepstake
{i} piyango
sweepstake
{i} ikramiye
sweepstake
bahis
English - English
(A) A race in which stakes are made by the owners of horses engaged, to be awarded to the winner or other horse in the race In all sweepstakes entrance money has to be paid to the race fund (See Plate, Selling-Race, Handicap, Weight-For-Age Race ) If the horse runs, the full stake must be paid; but if it is withdrawn, a forfeit only is imposed Also a gambling arrangement by which the successful bettor sweeps up or carries off all the other stakes It is sometimes applied to a game of cards in which one of the players may win all the tricks or all the stakes
A race for all the sums staked or prizes offered
Chance-based promotion or game for prizes, for which no purchase is required; usually based on randomly drawn numbers
a lottery in which the prize consists of the money paid by the participants
Bowling tournament
A winning of all the stakes or prizes; a sweepstake
- A lottery in which winners are randomly selected, often used to induce purchase of a product as a condition of entering the contest
plural of sweepstake
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

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sweepstake
A prize draw
sweepstake
A lottery in which the prize or prizes constitute all the money paid by the participants
sweepstake
{n} one who gets or wins all
sweepstake
A sweepstake is a method of gambling in which each person pays a small amount of money and is given the name of a competitor before a race or contest. The person who has the name of the winner receives all the money
sweepstake
a lottery in which the prize consists of the money paid by the participants
sweepstake
{i} horse race or other competition in which all participants contribute to a prize that is later awarded to one or more winners, lottery, random drawing
sweepstake
A complete removal or carrying away; a clean sweep
sweepstake
A winning of all the stakes or prizes
sweepstakes

    Hyphenation

    sweep·stakes

    Turkish pronunciation

    swipsteyks

    Pronunciation

    /ˈswēpˌstāks/ /ˈswiːpˌsteɪks/

    Etymology

    [ -"stAks ] (noun plural but singular or pl.) 1785. Middle English swepestake one who wins all the stakes in a game, from swepen to sweep + stake.
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