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Increased funding for the Weatherization Assistance Program is a priority for the Bush Administration, and I am pleased that many families in North Carolina will benefit from this increase.
Richard Burr

Meaning of "funding" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FUNDING

funding  [ˈfʌndɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FUNDING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Funding is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FUNDING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Funding

Funding is the act of providing resources, usually in form of money, or other values such as effort or time, for a project, a person, a business, or any other private or public institutions. The process of soliciting and gathering fund is known as fundraising. Sources of funding include credit, venture capital, donations, grants, savings, subsidies, and taxes. Fundings such as donations, subsidies, and grants that have no direct requirement for return of investment are described as "soft funding" or "crowdfunding". Funding that facilitates the exchange of equity ownership in a company for capital investment via an online funding portal as per the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act is known as equity crowdfunding. Funds can be allocated for either short-term or long-term purposes.

Definition of funding in the English dictionary

The definition of funding in the dictionary is money provided in the form of a fund.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FUNDING


ascending
əˈsɛndɪŋ
binding
ˈbaɪndɪŋ
branding
ˈbrændɪŋ
corresponding
ˌkɒrɪˈspɒndɪŋ
crowdfunding
ˈkraʊdˌfʌndɪŋ
descending
dɪˈsɛndɪŋ
ending
ˈɛndɪŋ
expanding
ɪkˈspændɪŋ
finding
ˈfaɪndɪŋ
landing
ˈlændɪŋ
lending
ˈlɛndɪŋ
mending
ˈmɛndɪŋ
outstanding
ˌaʊtˈstændɪŋ
overfunding
ˈəʊvəˌfʌndɪŋ
pending
ˈpɛndɪŋ
spending
ˈspendɪŋ
standing
ˈstændɪŋ
surrounding
səˈraʊndɪŋ
underfunding
ˌʌndəˈfʌndɪŋ
understanding
ˌʌndəˈstændɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FUNDING

fundamentality
fundamentally
fundamentalness
fundamentals
funded debt
funder
fundholder
fundholding
fundholding doctor
fundholding GP
fundi
fundic
fundie
funding operations
fundless
fundraise
fundraiser
fundraising
funds
fundus

WORDS THAT END LIKE FUNDING

according
astounding
banding
bonding
commanding
defending
founding
freestanding
grinding
grounding
impending
long-standing
misunderstanding
never-ending
notwithstanding
offending
pounding
rounding
sounding
vending
winding

Synonyms and antonyms of funding in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FUNDING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «funding» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of funding

Translation of «funding» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FUNDING

Find out the translation of funding to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of funding from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «funding» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

资金
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

financiación
570 millions of speakers

English

funding
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वित्त पोषण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التمويل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

финансирование
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

financiamento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তহবিল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

financement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pembiayaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Finanzierung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

財政支援
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

기금
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pendanaan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tài trợ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிதி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निधी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

finansman
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

finanziamento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

finansowanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фінансування
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

finanțare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χρηματοδότηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

befondsing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

medel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

finansiering
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of funding

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FUNDING»

The term «funding» is very widely used and occupies the 5.983 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FUNDING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about funding

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10 QUOTES WITH «FUNDING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word funding.
1
George Allen
I have always advocated for funding and programs that increase our productivity and competitiveness.
2
Tim Bishop
However, this President sees no problem eliminating funding for Perkins Loans in his budget, even though the cost of tuition is rising and will continue to rise as the administration's policies force inflation.
3
Donald Bren
When state funding for Irvine public schools began to diminish some time ago, my Irvine Company colleagues helped me to provide private funding support for continuation of basic science, art and music programs that had been eliminated by lack of state funding.
4
Michael Burgess
Especially today, given the tight fiscal situation that many States and localities face, the use of transportation facilities that pay for themselves without additional Federal funding is essential.
5
Richard Burr
Increased funding for the Weatherization Assistance Program is a priority for the Bush Administration, and I am pleased that many families in North Carolina will benefit from this increase.
6
Russ Carnahan
In 2003, this House voted to kill a Democratic amendment to add $250 million for port security grants; then again, in 2005, against a Democratic proposal calling for an additional $400 million in funding for port security.
7
Jay Carney
Congress passes bills that appropriate money. Congress says, 'We're building this bridge or funding that defense project, and they cost this much.'
8
Steve Case
I do think actually in this case the government does get credit for funding some of the basic research.
9
Linford Christie
Some of today's athletes do not have that kind of pride. They left school at 16, have never had a job in their life and are getting Lottery funding, earning money as an athlete.
10
Ron Conway
The more angels we have in Silicon Valley, the better. We are funding innovation. We are funding the next Facebook, Google, and Twitter.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FUNDING»

Discover the use of funding in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to funding and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Funding Journalism in the Digital Age: Business Models, ...
Funding Journalism in the Digital Age not only explores the current challenges, but also provides a comprehensive look at business models and strategies that could sustain the news industry as it makes the transition from print and ...
Jeff Kaye, Stephen Quinn, 2010
2
Construction Funding: The Process of Real Estate ...
Construction firms operate on narrow profit margins and the success of construction projects is hinged upon proper financing. Construction Funding is the only single volume, concise text on the financial aspects of building and developing.
Nathan S. Collier, Courtland A. Collier, Don A. Halperin, 2007
3
Funding Virtue: Civil Society Aid and Democracy Promotion
In "Funding Virtue," a diverse, distinguished collection of democracy experts and civil society practitioners from both donor and recipient countries analyze civil society aid and democracy promotion in five regions, including country case ...
Marina Ottaway, Thomas Carothers, 2000
4
Funding Evil: How Terrorism is Financed-- and how to Stop it
Examines the underground and illegal methods used by Islamic and other terrorist groups to transfer billions of dollars to fund their organizations, and critiques the 9/11 Commision report's response.
Rachel Ehrenfeld, 2005
5
Good and Plenty: The Creative Successes of American Arts Funding
Enter Tyler Cowen. In this book he argues why the U.S. way of funding the arts, while largely indirect, results not in the terrible and the small but in Good and Plenty--and how it could result in even more and better.
Tyler Cowen, 2009
6
Public Funding of Higher Education: Changing Contexts and ...
"A rational voice... Send this book to members of your board -- and, perhaps, to members of your state legislature come budget time." -- University Business
Edward P. St. John, Michael D. Parsons, 2005
7
Science Funding: Politics and Porkbarrel
In this ground-breaking volume, Joseph P. Martino offers a critical examination of special-interest funding and the danger it poses to the integrity of American society as a whole, as well as to its scientific component.
Joseph Paul Martino, 1992
8
Funding Democratization
They question in what ways politicians can help make democracy affordable. The volume compares important democratizing countries, such as Russia, Brazil, South Africa, Spain, and the regions of East Asia and East/Central Europe.
Peter J. Burnell, Allan Ware, 2007
9
The Graduate School Funding Handbook
Beyond practical advice on applications, the book contains valuable career guidance that will help students professionalize."—Communicator
April Vahle Hamel, Mary Morris Heiberger, Julia Miller Vick, 2002
10
Funding Public Colleges and Universities for Performance
Looks at the progress, popularity, and problems related to states linking funding of public colleges and universities to performance.
Joseph C. Burke, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FUNDING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term funding is used in the context of the following news items.
1
BBC Trust chair calls for public debate over future funding changes
The BBC Trust is to call for major changes to the BBC's funding to be discussed by the public and parliament, after the furore over last week's ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Iraq gets first funding to rebuild war-struck regions
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq and the World Bank signed a $350 million loan agreement on Sunday to fund emergency reconstruction in towns ... «Reuters Canada, Jul 15»
3
Clean Energy Finance Corporation directed by Government to stop …
... and Finance Minister Mathias Cormann have written to the corporation directing it to change its investment mandate, banning new funding for ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»
4
Airbitz Receives $450K Funding from Block26
Airbitz, the bitcoin wallet and business directory service provider has managed to secure close to half a million in its seed funding round. «newsBTC, Jul 15»
5
NJ Transit fare hikes put focus again on funding
NEWARK (AP) — As commuters in New Jersey prepare for rail and bus fare increases to be approved this week, the spotlight again has shifted ... «New Jersey 101.5 FM Radio, Jul 15»
6
Liberian 'Planet of the Apes' island to lose funding for its chimps
But the colony has been at the centre of an international storm since the New York-based blood bank funding it announced in March it was ... «9news.com.au, Jul 15»
7
Republican leaders relying on similar strategy to limit funding
Republican lawmakers are using the defeat by voters in May of an expansive road-funding ballot issue to achieve a long-sought goal: ... «MLive.com, Jul 15»
8
Funding approved for new elementary buildings
CHILLICOTHE – The Ohio School Facilities Commission on Saturday approved more than $25.6 million in state funding for construction work in ... «Chillicothe Gazette, Jul 15»
9
Raj govt seeks central funding to trace Saraswati river
In its efforts to trace the route of the mythological river Saraswati and rejuvenate it, the Rajasthan government has formulated a detailed project ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»
10
Guest Opinion: Congress needs to fight to secure transportation …
In April, the Idaho Legislature passed a bill to increase funding to maintain Idaho's roads and bridges by nearly $95 million per year. It was a ... «The Idaho Statesman, Jul 15»

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