寄き金きん

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Meanings

1

contribution; donation

Refers to a monetary contribution or donation, often to an organization, cause, or fund.

彼かれは被ひ災さい地ちへの寄き金きんを申もうし出でた。
He offered a donation to the disaster-stricken area.
この団だん体たいは寄き金きんで運うん営えいされている。
This organization is run on contributions.

Usage patterns

〈事じ業ぎょう〉に寄き金きんするto make a monetary contribution to (a project/cause)
彼かれは復ふっ興こう事じ業ぎょうに多た額がくの寄き金きんをした。
He made a large monetary contribution to the reconstruction project.
寄き金きんを募つのるto solicit donations
学がっ校こうは新しん校こう舎しゃのために寄き金きんを募つのった。
The school solicited donations for a new building.
寄き金きんを集あつめるto collect donations
地ち域いきの人ひと々びとが寄き金きんを集あつめて図と書しょ館かんを建たてた。
People in the community collected donations and built a library.

Kanji

寄draw near, stop in, bring near
金gold

Related words

寄き付ふN3
寄付 is the everyday, general word for a donation of money or goods, while 寄金 specifically refers to monetary contributions and sounds more formal.
献けん金きん
献金 usually refers to donations made to political parties, religious groups, or causes, whereas 寄金 is a more neutral term for any monetary contribution.
義ぎ援えん金きん
義援金 specifically means relief money collected for disaster victims, while 寄金 is the broader term for any monetary donation.

Don't confuse with

基き金きんN1
基金 (same reading, ききん) means a fund or endowment set aside for a purpose, while 寄金 means the act or sum of a monetary donation.

Counted with

件けんN2
matter; affair; case; item; subject · counter for received messages · counter for online accounts

Etymology

Compound of 寄 (to contribute, to send) and 金 (money), literally 'contributed money'.