Funding - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Funding :  (noun)
1: financial resources provided to make some project possible; "the foundation provided support for the experiment" [syn: support, financial support, backing, financial backing]
2: the act of financing [syn: financing]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Fund \Fund\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Funded; p. pr. & vb. n. Funding.] 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.

2. To place in a fund, as money.

3. To put into the form of bonds or stocks bearing regular interest; as, to fund the floating debt.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Funding : \Fund"ing\, a. 1. Providing a fund for the payment of the interest or principal of a debt.

2. Investing in the public funds.

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.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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