- fund-rais|er
- fund-rais|er «FUHND RAY zuhr», noun.1. a person who raises funds.2. a gathering to raise funds; fund-raising function.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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fund-rais|ing — «FUHND RAY zihng», noun, adjective. –n. 1. the soliciting of cash contributions or pledges to support a nonprofit organization or activity, often one devoted to the distribution of charity: »political campaign fund raising, philanthropic fund… … Useful english dictionary
fund-rais·ing — /ˈfʌndˌreızıŋ/ noun [noncount] : activity done to collect money for a political party, charity, school, etc. political fund raising a fund raising dinner/campaign … Useful english dictionary
fund-rais·er — /ˈfʌndˌreızɚ/ noun, pl ers [count] 1 : a person who collects money for a political party, charity, school, etc. 2 : a social event held to collect money for a political party, charity, school, etc … Useful english dictionary
fund-raiser — fund′ rais er or fund′rais er n. 1) bus a person who solicits contributions 2) bus a social gathering held for such solicitation • Etymology: 1955–60 … From formal English to slang
fund-raising — fund′ rais ing or fund′rais ing n. cvb the act or process of raising funds by soliciting contributions or pledges • Etymology: 1935–40 … From formal English to slang
fund-raise — fund′ raise or fund′raise v. raised, rais•ing 1) to collect by fund raising 2) cvb to engage in fund raising • Etymology: 1970–75 … From formal English to slang
fundraise — fund·raise or fund raise also fund raise (fŭndʹrāz ) intr.v. fund·raised, fund·rais·ing, fund·rais·es To engage in fundraising. * * * … Universalium
fundraiser — fund|rais|er [ˈfʌudˌreızə US ] n 1.) someone who collects money for a ↑charity, political party etc, for example by arranging social events that people pay to attend 2.) an event that is organized to collect money for a ↑charity, political party… … Dictionary of contemporary English
fundraising — fund|rais|ing [ˈfʌndˌreızıŋ] n [U] the activity of collecting money for a specific purpose, especially in order to help people who are ill, old etc ▪ an Action Pack full of fundraising ideas … Dictionary of contemporary English
fundraiser — fund|rais|er [ fʌnd,reızər ] noun count 1. ) a social event organized to make money for a specific purpose, especially for a CHARITY or political party 2. ) someone whose job is to persuade people or organizations to give money for a specific… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
