funding
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (2)
- financial resources provided to make some project possible“the foundation provided support for the experiment”Synonyms: supportfinancial supportbackingfinancial backing
- the act of financingSynonyms: financing
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Funding \Fund"ing\, a.
1.Providing a fund for the payment of the interest or principal of a debt. [1913 Webster]
2.Investing in the public funds. [1913 Webster]
Funding system, a system or scheme of finance or revenue by which provision is made for paying the interest or principal of a public debt. [1913 Webster]
1.To provide and appropriate a fund or permanent revenue for the payment of the interest of; to make permanent provision of resources (as by a pledge of revenue from customs) for discharging the interest of or principal of; as, to fund government notes. [1913 Webster]
2.To place in a fund, as money. [1913 Webster]
3.To put into the form of bonds or stocks bearing regular interest; as, to fund the floating debt. [1913 Webster]