crowdfunding
or crowd-fund·ing
[kroud-fuhn-ding]
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noun
the activity or process of raising money from a large number of people, typically through a website, as for a project or small business.
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Origin of crowdfunding
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for crowdfunding
Contemporary Examples of crowdfunding
After failing to reach their targeted goal on crowdfunding sites, the café became a media sensation following a piece on Buzzfeed.
Shortly thereafter, Ohanian founded Breadpig, a site that assists creators with crowdfunding, sponsorships, and business strategy.
JIBO is a robot for the whole family, currently crowdfunding for development.
The food that has crossed the lips of almost every person familiar with crowdfunding—nay, the Internet—is potato salad.
With that in mind, crowdfunding is just like any other economic system.