funding

1. 1
   money givennoununcountable

   Money provided, especially by a government or organization, to pay for a project, organization, or activity; the providing of such money.

   The research team secured funding from a government grant.

   Without adequate funding, the clinic will close by spring.

   UsageFunding for a project, funding from a source; usually no plural outside banking: more funding, a lot of funding.

   Note

   Banking also counts it. In Brian Nelson's Law and Ethics in Global Business, a bank commits to lend up to a set amount "in one or more fundings," and each funding is a separate payment under a line of credit.

2. 2
   paying forverb

   Present participle of fund.

   The foundation is funding research into several rare diseases.

   Private investors are funding the startup's expansion into new markets.

   Note

   Beside the everyday "pay for" meaning sits a finance one: funding a debt means turning it into interest-bearing securities, such as government bonds. Stock in this older phrasing means securities of that kind, not company shares.

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