fund-raise

Or fund·raise

[fuhnd-reyz]

verb (used with object)

fund-raised, fund-raising 

1. to collect by fund-raising.

   The charity needs to fund-raise more than a million dollars.

verb (used without object)

fund-raised, fund-raising 

1. to engage in fund-raising.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fund-raise¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

Fred’s boss is a man of “slightly unhinged intensity,” whom Fred has seen, more than once, “weep on cue, before the entire district, like a fund-raising evangelist.”

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California’s governor gambled and won, raised his national profile and fortified his fund-raising base.

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But fund-raising got off to a slow start, particularly after the UK decided at the last minute not to contribute public money.

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The primary gambit was to buy 49% of Scale AI at a $29 billion valuation, double what it had been after its previous fund-raising round.

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Critics of the zinc and copper coin say producing it is a waste of money and resources, while those who want to keep it argue it keeps prices lower and boosts fund-raising for charities.

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