fund-raiser

Or fund·rais·er

[fuhnd-rey-zer]

noun

1. a person who solicits contributions or pledges.

2. a gathering held for such solicitation.

   a fund-raiser to aid the campaign of the Senate candidate.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fund-raiser¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

"The Joe Biden I was with three weeks ago at the fund-raiser was not…the Joe Biden of 2020. He was the same man we all witnessed at the debate," Clooney wrote.

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“It’s devastating to say it, but the Joe Biden I was with three weeks ago at the fund-raiser was not the Joe “big F-ing deal” Biden of 2010,” Clooney wrote on July 10.

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A United States Secret Service agent was robbed at gunpoint in Southern California over the weekend, when President Biden was in Los Angeles for a fund-raiser.

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And earlier this month, he attended a fund-raiser at the San Francisco home of the venture capitalist David Sacks and reiterated his support for crypto, The Times reported.

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“I can’t wait to be sued,” Mr. Landry said on Saturday at a Republican fund-raiser in Nashville, according to The Tennessean.

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