Meanings
nounfundraising (countable and uncountable, plural fundraisings)
plural fundraisings · alternative fund-raising
- countableuncountableThe process of collecting money by requesting donations from individuals and businesses.
adjectivefundraising (not comparable)
alternative fund-raising
- attributivenot comparableRelating to raising money (funds), particularly for charities.
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.
2020 December 16, “Stop & Examine”, in Rail, page 70
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 籌款 /筹款
- 籌款 /筹款 (chóukuǎn)raising money
Dutch fondsenwerving, fundraising
- fondsenwervingraising money
- fundraisingraising money
- geldinzamelingraising money
Finnish keräys, rahankeräys
- keräysraising money
- rahankeräysraising money
French collecte de fonds
- collecte de fondsraising money
German Geldsammelaktion, Mittelbeschaffung
- Geldsammelaktionraising money
- Mittelbeschaffungraising money
- Fundraisingraising money
- Spendeneinwerbungraising money
Hungarian adománygyűjtés, pénzfelhajtás
- adománygyűjtésraising money
- pénzfelhajtásraising money
- forrásteremtésraising money
- forrásgyűjtésraising money
Italian raccolta di fondi
- raccolta di fondiraising money
Japanese 募金, ファンドレイジング
- 募金 (bokin)raising money
- ファンドレイジング (fandoreijingu)raising money
Korean 모금, 펀드레이징
- 모금 (mogeum)raising money
- 펀드레이징 (peondeureijing)raising money
Māori kohi moni
- kohi moniraising money
Portuguese captação de recursos
- captação de recursosraising money
Russian сбор поже́ртвований, сбор средств
- сбор поже́ртвований (sbor požértvovanij)raising money
- сбор средств (sbor sredstv)raising money
- фандра́йзинг (fandrájzing)raising money
- фандре́йзинг (fandrɛ́jzing)raising money
Spanish cuestación
- cuestaciónraising money
Swedish insamling, pengainsamling
- insamlingraising money
- pengainsamlingraising money
Tagalog ilak, pangingilak
- ilakraising money
- pangingilakraising money
Ukrainian збір коштів, фандра́йзинг
- збір коштів (zbir koštiv)raising money
- фандра́йзинг (fandrájzynh)raising money
- фандре́йзинг (fandréjzynh)raising money
Vietnamese gây quỹ
- gây quỹraising money
Cite this entry
APA
fundraising. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fundraising
MLA
“fundraising.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fundraising. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fundraising,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fundraising.
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