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fund

 (fŭnd)
n.
1. A source of supply; a stock: a fund of goodwill.
2.
a. A sum of money or other resources set aside for a specific purpose: a pension fund.
b. funds Available money; ready cash: short on funds.
3. An organization established to administer and manage a sum of money.
4. funds The stock of the British permanent national debt, considered as public securities. Used with the.
tr.v. fund·ed, fund·ing, funds
1. To provide funds for: funded the space program; a fully funded pension.
2. To convert (short-term government debt) into a long-term or floating debt with fixed interest payments.

[Latin fundus, bottom, piece of land.]
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funding

(ˈfʌndɪŋ)
n
money provided in the form of a fund
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.funding - financial resources provided to make some project possiblefunding - financial resources provided to make some project possible; "the foundation provided support for the experiment"
resource - available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed
2.funding - the act of financing
finance - the commercial activity of providing funds and capital
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funding

noun
Money or property used to produce more wealth:
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Translations

funding

[ˈfʌndɪŋ] N
1. (= funds) → fondos mpl, finanzas fpl; (= act of funding) → financiación f
2. [of debt] → consolidación f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

funding

[ˈfʌndɪŋ] nfinancement mfundraiser fund-raiser [ˈfʌndreɪzər] n
(= person) → collecteur/trice m/f de fonds
(= dinner) → dîner m organisé pour collecter des fonds (= event) → événement m organisé pour collecter des fonds
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

funding

[ˈfʌndɪŋ] nfinanziamento, fondi mpl
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