Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crowdfund

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.13 in modern English

Syllables
crowd-fund
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To fund (a project) by having many individuals pool their money together, usually via the Internet.

Transitive verb

Etymology

From crowd + fund.

Usage

Inflected Forms

crowdfunds (present, singular) crowdfunding (participle, present) crowdfunded (participle, past) crowdfunded (past)

Derived Forms

crowdfunder

Questions

What does crowdfund mean?
To fund (a project) by having many individuals pool their money together, usually via the Internet.
Where does crowdfund come from?
From crowd + fund.

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