fund-raiser
or fund·rais·er
[fuhnd-rey-zer]
- a person who solicits contributions or pledges.
- a gathering held for such solicitation: a fund-raiser to aid the campaign of the Senate candidate.
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Origin of fund-raiser
First recorded in 1955–60
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Also this week, he keynoted a fundraiser for Progress Iowa, an influential liberal group in the first-in-the-nation caucus state.
In 2006, Wahlberg participated in the Los Angeles Police-Celebrity Golf Tournament, an annual fundraiser.
It was the fundraiser to end all fundraisers, and no one was even asked to do anything so vulgar as to contribute any cash.
Clinton appeared at a fundraiser for Landrieu earlier in the day.
Now the ‘Baywatch’ beauty just swung by a high-profile Beverly Hills fundraiser for the IDF.
fundraiser
- a person who raises money for a cause
- an event held to raise money for a cause
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