クラファン

くらふぁん
noun
crowdfunding (casual abbreviation)
informalcolloquialfinance
1. crowdfunding
A casual clipped form of クラウドファンディング, referring to raising money for a project or cause by collecting small contributions from many people online. Common in everyday and social-media speech.
We raised funds through crowdfunding.
That film was produced with crowdfunding.
We decided to launch a crowdfunding campaign to bring the new product to market.

Casual abbreviation of クラウドファンディング (crowdfunding), formed by clipping and combining the first parts of each element. Common in conversation and online; the full form is preferred in formal writing.

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