Funding is money which a government or organization provides for a particular purpose.
They hope for government funding for the scheme.
Many colleges have seen their funding cut.
funding in British English
(ˈfʌndɪŋ)
noun
money provided in the form of a fund
They hope for government funding for the scheme.
Many colleges have seen their funding cut.
Examples of 'funding' in a sentence
funding
Funding agreements reflect policy at the time that they are signed.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Funding cuts haven't made it any easier.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Funding cuts to sixth forms have worsened in the past 12 months, the survey claims.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
In other languages
funding
British English: funding NOUN
Funding is money which a government or organization provides for a particular purpose.
They hope for government funding for the scheme.
American English: funding
Brazilian Portuguese: financiamento
Chinese: 资金政府或组织为某目的而提供的
European Spanish: financiación
French: financement
German: Finanzierung
Italian: finanziamento
Japanese: 財政支援
Korean: 기금
European Portuguese: financiamento
Latin American Spanish: financiación
All related terms of 'funding'
fund
Funds are amounts of money that are available to be spent , especially money that is given to an organization or person for a particular purpose.
funding body
A body is an organized group of people who deal with something officially .
match-funding
the stipulation set by a grant-providing body that the recipients of a grant raise a certain percentage of the money they require , generally a sum more or less equal to that of the sum of money being granted
funding crisis
A crisis is a situation in which something or someone is affected by one or more very serious problems .
funding operations
the conversion of government floating stock or short-term debt into holdings of long-term bonds
funding arrangements
An arrangement is an agreement that you make with someone to do something.
re-fund
to discharge (an old or matured debt ) by new borrowing , as by a new bond issue
Universities Funding Committee
formerly , the central higher education funding council in the UK, which was replaced after 1992 by three separate councils: the Higher Education Funding Council for England , the Scottish Funding Council and the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales
Further Education Funding Council
(in Britain) a government body which oversees funding to sixth form colleges and further education colleges
Higher Education Funding Council for England
→ the Higher Education Funding Council for England
the Higher Education Funding Council for England
the body which distributes public funds for teaching and research to English universities