crowdfund

verb

crowd·​fund ˈkrau̇d-ˌfənd How to pronounce crowdfund (audio)
crowdfunded; crowdfunding; crowdfunds
transitive verb
: to obtain needed funding for (something, such as a new business) by soliciting contributions from a large number of people especially from the online community
Kudos to former Nashvillian, Devin Haqq, filmmaker, actor, writer and director who was very successful when he decided to crowdfund his film "Ambition's Debt".Justine Harvey

Examples of crowdfund in a Sentence

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The GoFundMe Fires For now, Los Angeles has no choice but to crowdfund its way out of destruction. Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2025 The law was amended in 2018 to allow local companies to crowdfund up to $5 million from unaccredited (or non-professional) investors per year. Jessica Boehm, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025 For instance, England’s senior women — a team set up this year — had to crowdfund their 2025 World Cup qualifiers in Moldova last month. Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 12 Dec. 2024 The Nevada Commission on Ethics reprimanded him for trying to use his government position to crowdfund his legal bills, and, last year, a judge ordered him to pay more than a hundred and fifty thousand dollars to cover his opponents’ expenses and various court costs. Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for crowdfund 

Word History

First Known Use

2008, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of crowdfund was in 2008

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“Crowdfund.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crowdfund. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.

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