to showcase
to invest
misconception
patent
unregulated
to contribute
to lend
conventional
crowdfund
upfront
traditional and ordinary
to exhibit, to display
a view or opinion that is not correct
the official legal right to make or sell an invention for a particular number of years
without control or not directed by rules
raising finance through a large number of people giving money
to give something to someone for a short time, expecting that you will get it back
to put money, effort, time, etc. into something;
in advance
to give something in order to provide or achieve something together with other people