1. The act of providing money for something
   "The funding of the new stadium was a complex process";
   - financing
    
2. Financial resources provided to make some project possible
   "the foundation provided funding for the experiment";
   - support, financial support, backing, financial backing, sponsorship

1. Furnish money for
   "The government funds basic research in many areas"
    
2. Place or store up in a fund for accumulation
   "They funded their retirement savings over many years"
    
3. Provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest
   "The government funded the new infrastructure project"
    
4. Invest money in government securities
   "The company funded millions in treasury bonds"
    
5. Accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability
   "fund a medical care plan"
    
6. Convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds
   "The corporation funded its short-term debt to improve cash flow"

Derived forms: fundings

See also: pay

Type of: accumulate, amass, collect, commit, compile, finance, furnish, hoard, invest, offer, pile up, place, provide, put, render, resource, roll up, supply, support

Encyclopedia: Funding