begathon

noun

Etymology

From beg + -athon.

  1. derived from begart — “kind of lay brother”
  2. derived from *bedagō✻ — “petitioner, requester, beggar”
  3. derived from *bedu✻
  4. inherited from *bedukōn✻
  5. inherited from beggen
  6. suffixed as begathon — “beg + athon”

Definitions

  1. A fundraising drive that actively solicits donations, especially one to support a public…

    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.

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