Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The organized activity or an instance of soliciting money or pledges, as for charitable organizations or political campaigns.
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- noun The legitimate process of collecting
money by requestingdonations from individuals and businesses.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The former Vermont governor warned that if the party allowed the four moderates to further water down the bill (or defeat it altogether) it could lead to primary challenges or a drop in fundraising from the party's base.
Archive 2009-11-01 2009
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Allison Hayward, vice president for policy at the Center for Competitive Politics, which favors loosening campaign-finance limits, said the increase in fundraising is a sign of a healthy democracy.
Records broken for fundraising Dan Eggen 2010
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So far the fundraising is apparently going very well, and Dr. Isis says If you keep visiting the way you are now (or maybe one extra click more a day to help a sister out? or maybe you would tell one friend about the blog?) we're going to be able to do something much bigger than I initially anticipated we would.
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"He tried very hard to maintain a firewall between politics - which he defined as fundraising - and government work."
chicagotribune.com - 2010
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I keep buying lottery tickets --- the "I'll take money from no one, serve only one term, therefore not spend my term fundraising, work only for the people" with $25 million behind it would slaughter him.
Room Eight 2010
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At the time of his phone call, he’d climbed in fundraising from the March reports we saw — when he was at $12,000 to Litzow’s $30,000 — to about $20,000, he said.
Incumbent Democrat Steps Up Fundraising in Hot Eastside State Senate Race « PubliCola 2010
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That would be at least $1.6 million more in fundraising than the DNC's counterpart, the Republican National Committee, which reported bringing in $11.4 million last month.
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CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - Toomey tops Specter in fundraising « - Blogs from CNN. com
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Los Angeles Times: Boxer tops potential challengers in fundraising
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Haley can be considered a long shot, since she trails in fundraising and has a more limited political resume than her opponents.
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