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FUND-RAISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fund-raise mean?
• FUND-RAISE (verb)
The verb FUND-RAISE has 1 sense:
1. raise money for a cause or project
Familiarity information: FUND-RAISE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Raise money for a cause or project
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
fund-raise; fund raise; fundraise
Context example:
We are fundraising for AIDS research
Hypernyms (to "fund-raise" is one way to...):
raise (collect funds for a specific purpose)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
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