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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Sweepstakes

/swēp'-stāksˌ/ · Sweep·stakes · IPA /ˈswipˌsteɪks/
01 n. A winning of all the stakes or prizes; a sweepstake.
  1. 1.
    A winning of all the stakes or prizes; a sweepstake.
  2. 2.
    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.
  3. 3.
    A race for all the sums staked or prizes offered.