funding
fuhn ding
- n financial resources provided to make some project possible
- n the act of financing
- v convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds
- v place or store up in a fund for accumulation
- v provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest
- v invest money in government securities
- v accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability
- v furnish money for
- BREAKING TRADITION: Oxford's Hood has launched a major drive for private funding.
- Despite campaign promises to do so, Obama has not lifted the federal funding ban on needle-exchange programs for drug addicts.
- Questions arise concerning the administration's funding of the congressional investigation into the September 11th attacks.