\Sweep"stakes`\, n.
1. A winning of all the stakes or prizes; a sweepstake.

2. sing. or pl. 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. A race for all the sums staked or prizes offered.