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GoFundMe
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English
Etymology
From en go fund me.
Proper noun
A crowdfunding website that allows people to raise money.
en 2019-10-17 Amy Qin China Detains 2 Americans Amid Growing Scrutiny of Foreigners w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20191017115004/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/17/world/asia/china-detains-us-english-teachers.html 0362-4331 1645522 Asia Pacific The two Americans, Jacob Harlan and Alyssa Petersen, were detained late last month and are being held in Zhenjiang, a town in Jiangsu Province, according to GoFundMe pages set up by friends and relatives.
Noun
en Internet A fundraiser on this website.
en Sam Franzini $580k Not Enough: Generous Students Start GoFundMe for Needy Yang w:Daily Nexus https://dailynexus.com/2022-01-27/580k-not-enough-generous-students-start-gofundme-for-needy-yang/ 2022-01-27 A group of students known as the Yang Welfare Collective (YWC) have banded together to start a GoFundMe for the impoverished chancellor, and donations are already flowing in. https://web.archive.org/web/20260520132628/https://dailynexus.com/2022-01-27/580k-not-enough-generous-students-start-gofundme-for-needy-yang/ 20 May 2026
en Cher Tan Peripathetic: Notes on (un)belonging https://books.google.com/books?id=YZwDEQAAQBAJ&pg=PT131 Sydney, N.S.W. NewSouth Publishing 2024 9781742237992 More recently, the platform Spotify has announced plans to introduce a ‘Merch Hub’ – listeners will be able buy merch from their favourite musicians within the app, while musicians themselves can directly link to their CashApps or GoFundMes.
en Money Websites