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Initialism of fund-raising under the guise of research.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: The process whereby a product marketer falsely purports to be a market researcher conducting a statistical survey, when in reality the "researcher" is attempting to solicit a donation. Full definition →
Initialism of fund-raising under the guise of research.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.