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.

Origin of fund-raiser

1
First recorded in 1955–60

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How to use fund-raiser in a sentence

  • Mostly, though, he was paying attention to Hilda, who was running down her war stories from the Multiple Origami fundraiser.

    Makers | Cory Doctorow

British Dictionary definitions for fundraiser

fundraiser

/ (ˈfʌndˌreɪzə) /


noun
  1. a person who raises money for a cause

  2. an event held to raise money for a cause

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