"crowdfund" meaning in English

See crowdfund in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: crowdfunds [present, singular, third-person], crowdfunding [participle, present], crowdfunded [participle, past], crowdfunded [past]
Etymology: crowd + fund Etymology templates: {{compound|en|crowd|fund}} crowd + fund Head templates: {{en-verb}} crowdfund (third-person singular simple present crowdfunds, present participle crowdfunding, simple past and past participle crowdfunded)
  1. (transitive) To fund (a project) by having many individuals pool their money together, usually via the Internet. Wikipedia link: Crowdfunding Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-crowdfund-en-verb-zBfWa6QS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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