Definition of Telethon

1. Noun. An event that brings in people to donate money through the phone via the television (TV). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Telethon

1. a fund-raising television program [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Telethon

telesyncs
telesystolic
teletactor
teleteacher
teleteachers
teleteaching
teletex
teletexes
teletext
teletexts
teletherapy
telethermometer
telethermometers
telethermoscope
telethermoscopes
telethon (current term)
telethons
teletimer
teletimers
teletron
teletrons
teletsunami
teletsunamis
teletutor
teletutorial
teletutorials
teletutoring
teletutors
teletype
teletype machine

Literary usage of Telethon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annuaire du Québec: Québec yearbook by Quebec Bureau of Statistics (1916)
"Length of Telephone Wires in the Province of telethon ES. Quebec. YEAR 1915." Telephone Statistics of the Dominion of Canada, ..."

2. Novel Systems for the Study of Human Disease: From Basic Research to by OECD Staff, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope (1998)
"... Cellulare Istituto Superiore di Sanita Istituto Europeo di Oncologia Istituto di Ricerche di Biologia Molecolare Angelini Ricerche telethon Institute of ..."

3. Public Ownership and the Telephone in Great Britain: Restriction of the by Hugo Richard Meyer (1907)
"On May 23, 1892, the Government laid before Par- The State liament the Treasury Minute upon the acquires the Proposals for the Development of the telethon ..."

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