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GoFundMe

GoFundMe proper noun: a crowdfunding website that allows people to raise money.

Proper noun

GoFundMe

  1. A crowdfunding website that allows people to raise money.
    • 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.2019 October 17, Amy Qin, “China Detains 2 Americans Amid Growing Scrutiny of Foreigners”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Oct 2019, Asia Pacific

Noun

GoFundMe (plural GoFundMes)

  1. (Internet) A fundraiser on this website.
    • 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.2022 January 27, Sam Franzini, “$580k Not Enough: Generous Students Start GoFundMe for Needy Yang”, in Daily Nexus
    • More recently, the platform [Spotify] has announced plans to introduce a ‘Merch Hub’ – listeners will be able buy^([sic]) merch from their favourite musicians within the app, while musicians themselves can directly link to their CashApps or GoFundMes.2024, Cher Tan, Peripathetic: Notes on (un)belonging, Sydney, N.S.W.: NewSouth Publishing, →ISBN

Forms of GoFundMe

pluralGoFundMes

Origin of GoFundMe

From go + fund + me.

Questions about GoFundMe

What does GoFundMe mean?
GoFundMe means a crowdfunding website that allows people to raise money.
What part of speech is GoFundMe?
GoFundMe can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near GoFundMe in the dictionary

  1. gofio
  2. Goforth
  3. Goforths
  4. gofruside
  5. GOFs
  6. GoFundMe
  7. GoFundMes
  8. gog
  9. Gog and Magog
  10. Goga
  11. gogan

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