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# fundraise

«fundraise» in Mova's school dictionary: **To collect money for a charity, a school or a good cause…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (fundraise, fundraises, fundraised, fundraising); noun form fundraising, fundraiser (a fundraiser, fundraisers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To collect money for a charity, a school or a good cause, often by holding events. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fundraise/#m1)

2) To ask people or organisations to give money to support a project. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fundraise/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Schools fundraise with bake sales, sponsored walks, fun runs, raffles and non-uniform days, and children often help. In stories and news it shows a community working together for a cause. In maths problems, fundraising questions ask you to add up money raised, find totals, or work out how much more is needed to reach a target. Phrases: fundraise for charity, a fundraising event, reach the target.

### examples

- Our class is going to fundraise for the animal shelter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fundraise/#x1)
- We fundraised £250 with a cake sale. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fundraise/#x2)
- The PTA fundraises every year for new books. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fundraise/#x3)
- My cousin is fundraising by running a half marathon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fundraise/#x4)
- They need to fundraise $500 to pay for the school trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fundraise/#x5)
- Kids in Canada often fundraise by selling chocolate bars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fundraise/#x6)
- If we have raised £180 of a £300 target, we still need to fundraise £120. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fundraise/#x7)
- The scouts fundraised by washing cars on Saturday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fundraise/#x8)

### note

Usually written as one word (fundraise), sometimes «fund-raise». The person is a «fundraiser», and an event is also «a fundraiser». In maths: money fundraised is added to a total; «target minus amount raised» gives how much is still needed. The money goes to the cause, not to the people collecting it.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fundraise» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fundraise/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.