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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. financial resources provided to make some project possible;
- Example: "the foundation provided support for the experiment"
[syn: support, financial support, funding, backing, financial backing]

2. the act of financing;
[syn: financing, funding]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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