Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of fund
plural fundings
- countableuncountableThe action of the verb fund.
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.
2021 May 5, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Heathrow Western Rail Access scheme 'on hold'”, in RAIL, number 930, page 26 - countableuncountableMoney provided as funds.
The council is providing funding to the church to repair the roof.
1 more example
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.”
2013, Brian Nelson, Law and Ethics in Global Business
Synonyms & antonyms
nounfinancial resources provided to make some project possible
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan finançament
- finançamentmoney provided as funds
Chinese Mandarin 資金 /资金, 融資 /融资
- 資金 /资金 (zījīn)money provided as funds
- 融資 /融资 (róngzī)money provided as funds
- 經費 /经费 (jīngfèi)money provided as funds
Danish midler, bevilling
- midlermoney provided as funds
- bevillingmoney provided as funds
Dutch financiering
- financieringmoney provided as funds
Finnish rahoitus
- rahoitusmoney provided as funds
French financement
- financementmoney provided as funds
German Finanzierung
- Finanzierungmoney provided as funds
Irish maoiniú
- maoiniúmoney provided as funds
Italian finanziamento
- finanziamentomoney provided as funds
Japanese 資金, 融資
- 資金 (shikin)money provided as funds
- 融資 (yūshi)money provided as funds
Malay dana
- danamoney provided as funds
Norwegian Bokmål finansiering
- finansieringmoney provided as funds
Polish finansowanie, fundowanie
- finansowaniemoney provided as funds
- fundowaniemoney provided as funds
Portuguese financiamento
- financiamentomoney provided as funds
Russian финанси́рование
- финанси́рование (finansírovanije)money provided as funds
Spanish financiación, financiamiento
- financiaciónmoney provided as funds
- financiamientomoney provided as funds
- fondosmoney provided as funds
Swedish finansiering
- finansieringmoney provided as funds
Cite this entry
funding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/funding
“funding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/funding. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “funding,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/funding.
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