Definition of crowdfund in English:
crowdfund
verb ˈkraʊdfʌndˈkraʊdˌfənd
[with object]Fund (a project or venture) by raising money from a large number of people who each contribute a relatively small amount, typically via the Internet.
he's launched a campaign to crowdfund the first album he'll record under his own name
Example sentencesExamples
- Critics argue that crowdfunded companies won't be as carefully vetted or transparently documented as traditional ones.
- "I'd love to see someone 'crowdfund' an Avatar-sized film by begging for donations on YouTube, but we both know that's not going to happen."
- But, like the overwhelming majority of crowdfunded ventures, Kamm experienced severe delays in manufacturing his products.
- Now he's looking to crowdfund his next research project, on the neuronal effects of amphetamines.
- As experiments go, I'd really like to crowdfund a book.
- She was one of the first researchers in Australia to successfully run a campaign to crowdfund their research.
- The firm launched a Kickstarter campaign to crowdfund $30,000 towards the pen's development programme, a target that was passed in a few hours.
- Fortunately, says Burtch, nearly all crowdfunded ventures - more than 95 percent - do deliver promised goods to their backers eventually.
- Would I help crowdfund open source?
Origin
Early 21st century: from crowd + fund, on the pattern of crowdsource.
Definition of crowdfund in US English:
crowdfund
verbˈkroudˌfəndˈkraʊdˌfənd
[with object]Fund (a project or venture) by raising money from a large number of people who each contribute a relatively small amount, typically via the Internet.
he's launched a campaign to crowdfund the first album he'll record under his own name
Example sentencesExamples
- Now he's looking to crowdfund his next research project, on the neuronal effects of amphetamines.
- The firm launched a Kickstarter campaign to crowdfund $30,000 towards the pen's development programme, a target that was passed in a few hours.
- Would I help crowdfund open source?
- But, like the overwhelming majority of crowdfunded ventures, Kamm experienced severe delays in manufacturing his products.
- Critics argue that crowdfunded companies won't be as carefully vetted or transparently documented as traditional ones.
- As experiments go, I'd really like to crowdfund a book.
- "I'd love to see someone 'crowdfund' an Avatar-sized film by begging for donations on YouTube, but we both know that's not going to happen."
- She was one of the first researchers in Australia to successfully run a campaign to crowdfund their research.
- Fortunately, says Burtch, nearly all crowdfunded ventures - more than 95 percent - do deliver promised goods to their backers eventually.
Origin
Early 21st century: from crowd + fund, on the pattern of crowdsource.