noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A fundraising drive that actively solicits donations, especially one to support a public television or radio station. derogatory, slang

   "Within a half an hour, the phones throughout the governor's mansion pealed, as if public television begathon night."

Example

More examples

"Within a half an hour, the phones throughout the governor's mansion pealed, as if public television begathon night."

Etymology

From beg + -athon.

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