crowdfunding

or crowd-fund·ing

[ kroud-fuhn-ding ]
/ ˈkraʊdˌfʌn dɪŋ /

noun

the activity or process of raising money from a large number of people, typically through a website, as for a project or small business.

Origin of crowdfunding

First recorded in 2005–10; crowd1 + fund + -ing1

OTHER WORDS FROM crowdfunding

crowd·fund, verb (used with or without object) crowd·fund·ed, adjective

Words nearby crowdfunding

crowd pleaser, crowd puller, crowd surf, crowded, crowder pea, crowdfunding, crowdie, crowding, crowdsource, crowdy, crowe

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