English▸ noun a means of raising money by selling numbered tickets, one or some of which are subsequently drawn at random, the holder or holders of such tickets winning a prize:
[as modifier] a raffle ticket
[with modifier] a charity raffle.
▸ verb [with object] (usually be raffled) offer (something) as a prize in a raffle:
a work that will be raffled off for a fine arts scholarship.
– ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting a kind of dice game): from Old French, of unknown origin. The current sense dates from the mid 18th century.