solicitation, appeal, collection, ingathering
(noun) request for a sum of money; “an appeal to raise money for starving children”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ingathering
present participle of ingather
ingathering (plural ingatherings)
The gathering in of a literal or metaphorical harvest
Source: Wiktionary
In"gath`er*ing, n.
Definition: The act or business of gathering or collecting anything; especially, the gathering of the fruits of the earth; harvest. Thou shalt keep . . . the feast of ingathering. Ex. xxii. 16.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
