funding
noun
[ ˈfʌndɪŋ ]
• money provided, especially by an organization or government, for a particular purpose.
• "funding for the project was provided by the Housing Corporation"
fund
verb
• provide with money for a particular purpose.
• "the World Bank refused to fund the project"
Similar:
finance,
pay for,
back,
capitalize,
sponsor,
provide finance/capital for,
put up the money for,
subsidize,
underwrite,
endow,
support,
be a patron of,
float,
maintain,
foot the bill for,
pick up the tab for,
bankroll,
stake,
Origin:
early 17th century (in sense ‘source or supply of material things’): from Latin fundus ‘bottom, base, landed estate’.
