begathon
begathon noun: a fundraising drive that actively solicits donations, especially one to support a public television or radio station.
Noun
begathon (plural begathons)
- A fundraising drive that actively solicits donations, especially one to support a public television or radio station.
- Within a half an hour, the phones throughout the governor's mansion pealed, as if public television begathon night.2002, Dan McFadden, Cheechako, Writers Press Club, →ISBN, page 12
Forms of begathon
| plural | begathons |
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Origin of begathon
From beg + -athon.
Questions about begathon
- What does begathon mean?
- Begathon means a fundraising drive that actively solicits donations, especially one to support a public television or radio station.
- What part of speech is begathon?
- Begathon is a noun.
- What is the plural of begathon?
- The plural of begathon is begathons.
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