funding
noun OPAL W
/ˈfʌndɪŋ/
/ˈfʌndɪŋ/
[uncountable]- money for a particular purpose; the act of providing money for such a purpose
- federal/state funding
- funding for something There have been large cuts in government funding for scientific research.
- Alex originally struggled to secure funding for the project.
- to receive/get/obtain funding for something
- to provide/allocate funding for something
- to withdraw/cut funding for something
Extra ExamplesTopics Businessb2, Social issuesb2, Educationb2- About 70 per cent of current funding has gone on schools.
- Half of the research posts depend on outside funding.
- It gave us more time to raise the necessary funding.
- Most of our funding comes from private sources.
- Much of the funding dried up in the 1990s.
- Present levels of funding have forced the school to close.
- The president has promised full funding for the plans.
- The refusal to provide extra funding for schools caused a storm.
- The school has attracted funding from a number of sources.
- We need to make sure that the funding goes to areas where its most needed.
- the clandestine funding of an illegal group
- public funding for the arts
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- adequate
- proper
- sufficient
- …
- award somebody/something
- give somebody/something
- provide (somebody/something with)
- …
- come from somebody/something
- go
- increase
- …
- shortfall
- crisis
- cut
- …
- … in funding
- … of funding
- funding from
- …
- a cut in funding
- an increase in funding
- a lack of funding
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