| 单词 | fundraiser |
| 释义 | fundraiser (once / 11796 pages) n A fundraiser is a person who seeks out donations to a cause, campaign, charity, or some other venture. If you're a museum fundraiser, your job is to raise money to benefit the museum. A fundraiser is a volunteer or a paid employee whose job involves soliciting potential donors — people who might be convinced to give money to a charity or organization. A fundraiser, in fact, might organize a fundraiser, a party that encourages financial support for a cause. Your ticket to a hospital fundraiser, for example, might cost $100, with most of that money going directly to the hospital's charity. WORD FAMILYfundraiser: fundraisers USAGE EXAMPLESThe center recently organized a fundraiser to install lighting that will allow it to expand its hours of operation. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) But as Trump drew closer to the Republican nomination, Scaramucci, a longtime GOP fundraiser, signed up to help. Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) A political fundraiser may be an odd place to find someone to run a company that helps commercialize university research. Science Magazine(Dec 21, 2016) 1n someone who solicits financial contributions Hyper canvasser, solicitor a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes 2n a social function that is held for the purpose of raising money Hyper affair, function, occasion, social function, social occasion a vaguely specified social event |
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