lot|ter|y

lot|ter|y
lot|ter|y «LOT uhr ee», noun, plural -ter|ies.
1. a scheme for distributing prizes by lot or chance. In a lottery a large number of tickets are sold, some of which draw prizes.
2. a similar scheme used to determine the order in which men are drafted into a country's armed forces; draft lottery.
3. Figurative. »

They thought themselves unfortunate in the lottery of life (Tobias Smollett).

4. Obsolete. a) chance. b) events as determined by chance.
╂[< Italian lotteria < lotto; see etym. under lotto (Cf. ↑lotto)]

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