fund-raising campaign - Glite Dictionary

Examples

Like other public radio stations, KANW conducts semiannual fund-raising campaigns.

Academic text (2002)
The school organized a fund-raising campaign to collect money for new playground equipment.
Last year, the animal shelter held a successful fund-raising campaign to support its rescue efforts.
During the charity event, they announced a fund-raising campaign to help build a new community center.

Synonyms

fundraising

vsfund-raising campaign

168 2.7

An event that collects money for a cause

is an organized effort rather than the general act of collecting money

fundraiser

vsfund-raising campaign

96 2.7

An event to raise money for a group or cause

is a wider organized effort covering many actions not just one event

fund-raising drive

vsfund-raising campaign

1 3.3

A planned event to collect money for a cause

is the common general term for that same organized action

fund-raising effort

vsfund-raising campaign

3.2

An organized activity to collect money for a charity or cause

is the general organized action not limited to charity cases

appeal for donations

vsfund-raising campaign

2.9

A request asking people to give money to help others

is a sustained organized effort rather than a single public request

Antonyms

spending spree

6 3.6

A short time when someone buys many things without control

How Big

drive

133 3.5

fund-raising campaign

1 3.6

appeal

43 2.8

collection

57 2.1

Surface Forms

fund-raising campaign singular

fund-raising campaigns plural

Morphology

fund-raise + campaign

The meaning is directly compositional: 'fund-raise' (to gather donations) combined with 'campaign' (a planned effort) yields an organized effort to collect money. This is a productive, cross-linguistically common compounding pattern so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

Fund-raising campaign comes from a simple image: fund-raising means literally collecting or 'raising' money, and campaign means a planned set of activities to ask people for help. So, a fund-raising campaign is an organized effort to collect money for a cause.