crowdfunding

or crowd-fund·ing

[ kroud-fuhn-ding ]

noun
  1. the activity or process of raising money from a large number of people, typically through a website, as for a project or small business.

Origin of crowdfunding

1
First recorded in 2005–10; crowd1 + fund + -ing1

Other words from crowdfunding

  • crowdfund, verb (used with or without object)
  • crowdfunded, adjective

Words Nearby crowdfunding

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