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INGATHERING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ingathering mean?
• INGATHERING (noun)
The noun INGATHERING has 1 sense:
1. request for a sum of money
Familiarity information: INGATHERING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Request for a sum of money
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
appeal; collection; ingathering; solicitation
Context example:
an appeal to raise money for starving children
Hypernyms ("ingathering" is a kind of...):
petition; postulation; request (a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ingathering"):
whip-round ((British) solicitation of money usually for a benevolent purpose)
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