SWEEPSTAKES

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A winning of all the stakes or prizes; a sweepstake.

2.
n.

sing. or pl.

3.
n.

The whole money or other things staked at a horse race, a given sum being put up for each horse, all of which goes to the winner, or is divided among several, as may be previously agreed.

4.
n.

A race for all the sums staked or prizes offered.