Cebuano

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Etymology

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From English raffle, from Middle English rafle, from Old French rafle, raffle (dice game", also "plundering), from rafler (to snatch, seize, carry off), from Frankish *raffolōn, from Proto-Germanic *hrapōną, *hrēpōną (to scratch, touch, pluck out, snatch), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreb(h)-, *(s)kerb(h)- (to turn, bend, shrink), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (to turn, bend).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ra‧pol

Noun

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rapol

  1. a raffle; a drawing, often held as a fundraiser, in which tickets or chances are sold to win a prize

Verb

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rapol

  1. to raffle; to award something by means of a raffle or random drawing

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:rapol.