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Meanings of sweepstake in English

Lottery organized as a marketing promotion.

Usage of sweepstake in English
1
The only thing you'll have to occupy yourselves with is a sweepstake.
The Naked God
2
I celebrated the 30 quid that I won in a Eurovision party sweepstake.
The Guardian
3
How do you mean you drew me in a sweepstike- Imeana sweepstake?
A Damsel in Distress
4
I opted for 288 Conservative seats in a sweepstake, so I was badly wrong.
The Guardian
5
Malthouse responded by saying something about winning the office sweepstake, and that was that.
The Guardian
6
Hell, we're even running a sweepstake, see how many we can take with us.'
The Naked God
7
It seems appropriate to have a Murray sweepstake.
The Guardian
8
He would invite our subscriptions to the daily sweepstake with the words: Come along, fork out.
Tell England / A Study in a Generation
9
Tells about sweepstake-holders who come to sell their tickets, how business is transacted, investments and profits, etc.
The new yorker
10
A wonderful team move from a wonderful team who helped ruin every single office sweepstake in the land.
The Guardian
11
Mr. Vosberg has seen the running of every important sweepstake on the N.Y. tracks for more than 50 years.
The new yorker
12
Every township in the remote bush has its guinea sweepstake over the Cup, every town hovel its half-crown one.
Town Life in Australia
13
We've got a sweepstake on in the company, the holder of the winning name to take the entire receipts.
The Man with Two Left Feet, and Other Stories
14
Yet, in the haste of saddling, they found time to arrange a twenty-dollar sweepstake and the allowance for weight.
Winston of the Prairie
15
It's not too late to organise your office sweepstake, which you can do with our Melbourne Cup sweep generator.
News.com.au
16
The fashion sweepstake starts here.
The Guardian
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