Meanings
nouncrowdfunding (usually uncountable, plural crowdfundings)
plural crowdfundings
- uncountableusuallybusinessFunding by many individuals pooling their money together for a common goal, usually via the Internet.
It was discovered in September 2020 that Cosgrove was raising money on the “Christian crowdfunding site” GiveSendGo to fund his retirement.
2021 December 13, Amir Vera, “Louisville detective who fatally shot Breonna Taylor is appealing his termination from the police department”, in CNN
Origin
Translations
Arabic تَمْوِيل الْجَمَاعِيّ
- تَمْوِيل الْجَمَاعِيّ (tamwīl al-jamāʕiyy)pooling of money for a common goal
Bulgarian краудфъндинг
- краудфъндинг (kraudfănding)pooling of money for a common goal
Catalan micromecenatge
- micromecenatgepooling of money for a common goal
Chinese Mandarin 眾籌 /众筹, 大眾籌資 /大众筹资
- 眾籌 /众筹 (zhòngchóu)pooling of money for a common goal
- 大眾籌資 /大众筹资 (dàzhòng chóuzī)pooling of money for a common goal
- 群眾籌資 /群众筹资 (qúnzhòng chóuzī)pooling of money for a common goal
- 群眾集資 /群众集资 (qúnzhòng jízī)pooling of money for a common goal
- 群眾募資 /群众募资 (qúnzhòng mùzī)pooling of money for a common goal
Danish crowdfunding
- crowdfundingpooling of money for a common goal
Dutch crowdfunding
- crowdfundingpooling of money for a common goal
Esperanto amasfinancado, svarmfinancado
- amasfinancadopooling of money for a common goal
- svarmfinancadopooling of money for a common goal
Finnish joukkorahoitus
- joukkorahoituspooling of money for a common goal
French financement participatif, finance participative
- financement participatifpooling of money for a common goal
- finance participativepooling of money for a common goal
- sociofinancementpooling of money for a common goal
German Crowdfunding, Schwarmfinanzierung
- Crowdfundingpooling of money for a common goal
- Schwarmfinanzierungpooling of money for a common goal
Hungarian közösségi finanszírozás
- közösségi finanszírozáspooling of money for a common goal
Icelandic fjármögnun
- fjármögnunpooling of money for a common goal
Indonesian urun dana, patungan
- urun danapooling of money for a common goal
- patunganpooling of money for a common goal
Irish slua-mhaoiniú
- slua-mhaoiniúpooling of money for a common goal
Italian finanziamento collettivo
- finanziamento collettivopooling of money for a common goal
Japanese クラウドファンディング
- クラウドファンディング (kuraudofandingu)pooling of money for a common goal
Korean 크라우드펀딩
- 크라우드펀딩 (keuraudeupeonding)pooling of money for a common goal
Malay pendanaan awam, dana khalayak
- pendanaan awampooling of money for a common goal
- dana khalayakpooling of money for a common goal
Norwegian folkefinansiering
- folkefinansieringpooling of money for a common goal
Persian سرمایهگذاری جمعی
- سرمایهگذاری جمعی (sarmâye-gozâri-ye jam'i)pooling of money for a common goal
Polish crowdfunding
- crowdfundingpooling of money for a common goal
Portuguese financiamento coletivo, vaquinha
- financiamento coletivopooling of money for a common goal
- vaquinhapooling of money for a common goal
Russian краудфа́ндинг
- краудфа́ндинг (kraudfánding)pooling of money for a common goal
Spanish financiación colectiva, micromecenazgo
- financiación colectivapooling of money for a common goal
- micromecenazgopooling of money for a common goal
Swedish gräsrotsfinansiering
- gräsrotsfinansieringpooling of money for a common goal
Ukrainian краудфа́ндинг
- краудфа́ндинг (kraudfándynh)pooling of money for a common goal
Vietnamese gây quỹ quần chúng
- gây quỹ quần chúngpooling of money for a common goal
Cite this entry
APA
crowdfunding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crowdfunding
MLA
“crowdfunding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crowdfunding. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crowdfunding,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crowdfunding.
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