funding

F4U1N1D2I1N1G2
/ˈfʌndɪŋ/

noun

The action of the verb fund.

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

Similar
supportfinancial supportbackingfinancial backingfinancing
Very commonScrabble 12

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of fund
nounfunding (countable and uncountable, plural fundings)

plural fundings

  1. 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
  2. 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

Similar
supportfinancial supportbackingfinancial backing
Broader

nounthe act of financing

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Broader

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
APA

funding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/funding

MLA

“funding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/funding. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “funding,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/funding.

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