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draft lottery

draft lottery noun: any of the lotteries by which US residents were drafted into military service during World War II and the Vietnam War and would be drafted were a draft reinstituted under current law.

Noun

draft lottery (plural draft lotteries)

  1. (US, historical) Any of the lotteries by which US residents were drafted into military service during World War II and the Vietnam War and would be drafted were a draft reinstituted under current law.
  2. (US) A lottery process that determines the order in which members of a professional sports league can select eligible players, such as
    1. (US) The lottery process that determines the order in which in the teams in the National Basketball Association that did not reach the playoffs in the preceding year select eligible players.

Forms of draft lottery

pluraldraft lotteries

Questions about draft lottery

What does draft lottery mean?
Draft lottery means any of the lotteries by which US residents were drafted into military service during World War II and the Vietnam War and would be drafted were a draft reinstituted under current law.
What part of speech is draft lottery?
Draft lottery is a noun.
What is the plural of draft lottery?
The plural of draft lottery is draft lotteries.

Words near draft lottery in the dictionary

  1. draft horse
  2. draft horses
  3. draft house
  4. draft houses
  5. draft in
  6. draft lottery
  7. draft snake
  8. draft snakes
  9. draft stop
  10. draft stops
  11. draft up

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