Fundraiser vs. Raffle

Fundraisernoun

An event undertaken to get money by voluntary contributions for a particular activity, such as equipment for extracurricular sports programs, or to defray laboratory costs (salaries) for research of a cure for a particular disease.

‘This year's fundraiser will be a walkathon.’;

Rafflenoun

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

‘He entered a raffle to win a lifetime supply of toothpaste, but he did not win.’;

Fundraisernoun

An individual who collects money from the public for some cause.

‘She works as fundraiser for the Democratic Party.’;

Rafflenoun

(obsolete) A game of dice in which the player who throws three of the same number wins all the stakes.

Fundraisernoun

someone who solicits financial contributions

Rafflenoun

refuse; rubbish

Fundraisernoun

a social function that is held for the purpose of raising money

Raffleverb

(transitive) To award something by means of a raffle or random drawing, often used with off.

‘They raffled off four gift baskets.’;

Raffleverb

(intransitive) To participate in a raffle.

‘to raffle for a watch’;

Rafflenoun

A kind of lottery, in which several persons pay, in shares, the value of something put up as a stake, and then determine by chance (as by casting dice) which one of them shall become the sole possessor.

Rafflenoun

A game of dice in which he who threw three alike won all the stakes.

Rafflenoun

Refuse; rubbish; raff.

Raffleverb

To engage in a raffle; as, to raffle for a watch.

Raffleverb

To dispose of by means of a raffle; - often followed by off; as, to raffle off a horse.

Rafflenoun

a lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money

Raffleverb

dispose of in a lottery;

‘We raffled off a trip to the Bahamas’;

Raffle

A raffle is a gambling competition in which people obtain numbered tickets, each of which has the chance of winning a prize. At a set time, the winners are drawn at random from a container holding a copy of each number.