fundraising

English

Alternative forms

fund-raising

Etymology

From fund +‎ raising.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʌndˌɹeɪzɪŋ/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: fund‧rais‧ing

Noun

fundraising (countable and uncountable, plural fundraisings)

1. The process of collecting money by requesting donations from individuals and businesses.

Derived terms

• fundraising bomb

Translations

raising money — see also fundraiser

• Armenian: միջոցների հավաքագրում (miǰocʻneri havakʻagrum)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 籌款／筹款 (zh) (chóukuǎn)

• Dutch: fondsenwerving (nl) f, fundraising (nl) f, geldinzameling (nl) f
• Finnish: keräys (fi), rahankeräys (fi)
• French: collecte de fonds f
• German: Geldsammelaktion f, Mittelbeschaffung f, Fundraising (de) n, Spendeneinwerbung f
• Hungarian: adománygyűjtés (hu), pénzfelhajtás, forrásteremtés, forrásgyűjtés
• Italian: raccolta di fondi (it) f
• Japanese: 募金 (ja) (ぼきん, bokin), ファンドレイジング (fandoreijingu)
• Korean: 모금(募金) (ko) (mogeum), 펀드레이징 (peondeureijing)
• Maori: kohi moni
• Russian: сбор поже́ртвований m (sbor požértvovanij), сбор средств m (sbor sredstv), фандра́йзинг (ru) m (fandrájzing), фандре́йзинг (ru) m (fandrɛ́jzing)
• Swedish: insamling (sv), pengainsamling (sv)
• Tagalog: ilak, pangingilak
• Ukrainian: збір коштів m (zbir koštiv), фандра́йзинг m (fandrájzynh), фандре́йзинг (uk) m (fandréjzynh)
• Vietnamese: gây quỹ

Adjective

fundraising (not comparable)

1. (attributive) Relating to raising money (funds), particularly for charities.
   • 2020 December 16, “Stop & Examine”, in Rail, page 70:

     LMJV staff have been supporting the hospital for years through fundraising events that have raised a total of £10,000, gaining the contractor recognition as a Charity Champion for the hospital.

See also

• fundraiser

References

• “fundraising”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.