funding

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʌndɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ʌndɪŋ

funding

1. present participle and gerund of fund

funding (countable and uncountable, plural fundings)

1. The action of the verb fund.
   • 2021 May 5, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Heathrow Western Rail Access scheme 'on hold'”, in RAIL, number 930, page 26:

     However the collapse in demand for rail and air travel caused by the pandemic has had a knock-on effect for the project's funding.

2. Money provided as funds.

   The council is providing funding to the church to repair the roof.

   • 2013, Brian Nelson, Law and Ethics in Global Business:

     Second, a bank can commit to provide a maximum amount of money (e.g., $US1,000,000) in one or more fundings over a set period of time (e.g., one year). Such credit facilities are called “lines of credit.”