noun

• 1Money provided, especially by an organization or government, for a particular purpose.

  ‘funding for the project was provided by the Housing Corporation’

  More example sentences

  • ‘The money will also be used to provide funding for an ethnic minority liaison officer to work in the community.’
  • ‘Assistance with funding was also provided by English Nature and a local quarrying company.’
  • ‘Reluctant as always to spend money, the Queen had never provided proper funding for his work.’
  • ‘Other substantial amounts of funding were provided for welfare and educational projects.’
  • ‘The group has also secured funding to provide a major new project for artists.’
  • ‘The funding will provide a range of services that will assist in the matching of businesses and investors.’
  • ‘He called on the international community to help provide resources and funding.’
  • ‘Being told they simply had to spend money on capital funding, for example, forced them to catch up on that.’
  • ‘But if the government wanted the idea to succeed it would have to provide some initial funding.’
  • ‘Lottery funding has provided a lifeline to the only theatre in Trowbridge.’
  • ‘The purpose of tax funding is to allow a variety of views to be aired.’
  • ‘The report urges the Government to provide specific funding for powered wheelchairs.’
  • ‘One thing we would ask is for funding to be provided to maintain the new facilities to the required standard.’
  • ‘It has sound financial management and funding is allocated according to its priorities.’
  • ‘The best way to tackle this is to provide additional funding for the police to recruit extra officers.’
  • ‘Martin, who is the best man to ever walk the earth, can't get lottery funding for love nor money.’
  • ‘She also said there was no capital investment funding in place at present to build a new visitor centre.’
  • ‘The solution has to be to provide more funding in order to be able to meet the high demand.’
  • ‘She said the authorities were not providing the extra funding needed to help meet the costs.’
  • ‘It also reveals a preference for debt over equity as a means of providing external funding.’

  Synonyms

  grant, allowance, endowment, contribution, donation, bursary, gift, present, investment, bestowal, benefaction, allocation, allotment, handout

  1. 1.1The action or practice of providing funding.
     ‘the public funding of litigation remains a core question’
     More example sentences

     • ‘funding bodies for research and curriculum development’
     • ‘In the United States a coalition of groups of patients has argued for public funding for such research.’
     • ‘The new funding from the two bodies means phase two can now get under way.’
     • ‘What's the point in funding scientists if your not going to listen to them?’
     • ‘However, we still rely entirely on the generosity of the public for funding.’
     • ‘He is due to publish it tomorrow at a Glasgow conference on the private funding of public services.’
     • ‘Ireland needs to keep the accelerator down on funding for research and development.’
     • ‘Moreover, some types of research funding do not result in any benefit to a school.’
     • ‘This is the primary reason for the dearth of funding for ageing research, but Dr. de Grey is fighting back.’
     • ‘The two hour walk is held in memory of the youngster and to raise awareness of the disease and funding for research.’
     • ‘Later, Chinese funding of malaria research at the institute gave a further push.’
     • ‘This funding has improved the quality of life of people in the county and been good for business.’
     • ‘Proper funding to humanities departments in universities would also be a big help.’
     • ‘Journalists say one thing, scientists want funding and politicians want bandwagons.’
     • ‘Yet rumors persist that something is up within the department in regards to funding.’
     • ‘There is an assumption that the issue hinges on access and funding, with quality lagging far behind.’
     • ‘That is why Oxfam is campaigning to scrap the voucher system and replace it with more humane funding.’
     • ‘Corporate funding was pumped into new buildings that sprouted up on the Belfield campus.’
     • ‘The answer lies in cheaper film crews, extra funding for productions and a lower cost of living.’
     • ‘Without value, it becomes highly likely that government funding for research would slow as well.’
     • ‘Strenuous efforts were made to secure public funding and overcome the obstacles presented.’