appeal for donations
- noun
:
llamada a donaciones
- This will allow for letter-writing campaigns and appeals for donations.
Examples
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The environmental group launched an appeal for donations to fund their conservation projects.
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Following the disaster, the organization issued an appeal for donations to help the victims recover.
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"It's a term they suddenly realized applied to them while listening to an appeal for donations on Saturday by their brother, a Catholic priest.
Blog text (1) -
Making the appeal for donations at the stadium was Rev. Charles Adams, Hill's successor as pastor of the Hartford Avenue Baptist Church.
Academic text (1997) -
In March, the charity organized a major appeal for donations to support local families in need.
Synonyms
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3.9
A strong request asking people for help or support
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2.8
A request for money to help a charity or cause
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5.8
Asking others for money or help in a formal way
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3.6
A planned effort to collect money for a cause
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3.3
A planned event to collect money for a cause
An organized activity to collect money for a charity or cause
How Urgent
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from the parts: 'appeal' as a request, 'for' indicating purpose/recipient, and 'donations' as monetary contributions, so the phrase simply denotes a request seeking donations. This is a regular noun + prepositional-phrase composition found across languages and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows the constituents.
Etymology
Appeal for donations uses appeal in the sense of a public call and donations as gifts of money. Imagine a person or group making a clear public call asking people to give money for a need, so it means 'an organized request asking for money'.