Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act or process of converting a floating debt into a funded debt. see
fund , transitive verb, and debt.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Providing a fund for the payment of the interest or principal of a debt.
- adjective Investing in the public funds.
- adjective a system or scheme of finance or revenue by which provision is made for paying the interest or principal of a public debt.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
fund . - noun The action of the verb
fund . - noun Money provided as
funds .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun financial resources provided to make some project possible
- noun the act of financing
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Examples
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Twitter closes in on $100m of new funding$ - Twitter, the fast-growing microblogging site, is close to a deal to secure as much as $100 million of new funding, valuing the company at $1 billion.
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Twitter closes in on $100m of new funding$ - Twitter, the fast-growing microblogging site, is close to a deal to secure as much as $100 million of new funding, valuing the company at $1 billion.
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Morgan Stanley estimated Europe's leading banks have issued about 90 percent of their term funding needs for this year on average, and have significant liquidity pools and European Central Bank funds to help.
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Known for its wetlands and salt deposits (Yangcheng literally translates as “salt city”), the city received over US$2 million in funding from the central government and Asian Development Bank in 2007 to restore and protect its wetlands.
Toxic Chemical Spill in Chinese City Leaves Residents without Water 2009
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Xobni, which is building a social email platform by plugging into existing platforms such as Microsoft Outlook, has raised another C$3 million $3.2 million in funding from the BlackBerry Partners Fund, taking its Series B total to $10 million.
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The Paris-based company previously raised $6.5 million in funding from the same investors in 2007.
MXP4 – epic fail 2009
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If private funding is insufficient for the total project costs, then obviously it would be necessary to obtain the rest of the funding from the government if the project is to be fully funded.
Matthew Yglesias » John McCain Repeats Vegas HSR Lie, Adds New Non-True Details 2009
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"This boost in funding is great news for Nevada homeowners who are still struggling to stay in their homes," Reid exclaimed.
Some incumbent Democrats brag of work to secure funds for constituents Shailagh Murray 2010
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One would also have to consider we've already built roads everywhere so even parity in funding is simply not enough going forward.
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International Medical Corps Program "Saving the Lives of Malnourished Children" has been chosen as one of 25 projects eligible for receiving up to 1.5 million dollars in funding from the American Express Members Projects.
In This Election, The Winners are the Children aka TBTAM 2008
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