Hypertext Webster Gateway: "funding"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fund \Fund\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Funded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Funding}.]
1. To provide and appropriate a fund or permanent revenue for
the payment of the interest of; to make permanent
provision of resources (as by a pledge of revenue from
customs) for discharging the interest of or principal of;
as, to fund government notes.
2. To place in a fund, as money.
3. To put into the form of bonds or stocks bearing regular
interest; as, to fund the floating debt.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Funding \Fund"ing\, a.
1. Providing a fund for the payment of the interest or
principal of a debt.
2. Investing in the public funds.
{Funding system}, a system or scheme of finance or revenue by
which provision is made for paying the interest or
principal of a public debt.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
funding
n 1: financial resources provided to make some project possible;
"the foundation provided support for the experiment"
[syn: {support}, {financial support}, {backing}, {financial
backing}]
2: the act of financing [syn: {financing}]
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