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.

Other Word Forms

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of crowdfunding¹

First recorded in 2005–10; crowd ¹ + fund + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

In an Instagram post on June 24, the creators asked the series’ fans, known as Cheffers, to contribute to a crowdfunding effort to keep “The Tiny Chef Show” alive.

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They solicited money on a crowdfunding website to pay for her funeral, which took place in October.

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An online crowdfunding page set up by one of his colleagues has raised more than £67,000 to help support the family.

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They used crowdfunding and took out a second mortgage on their home to scrape together $100,000 to pay for the procedure, setting $55,000 aside in what they thought was a safe escrow account.

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They have since solicited money on a crowdfunding website to pay for her funeral, which took place earlier this month.

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