soft funding

noun

Those forms of funding, such as donations and subsidies, that impose no direct requirement for return on investment.

Opposite
hard funding

Meanings

nounsoft funding (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebusinessThose forms of funding, such as donations and subsidies, that impose no direct requirement for return on investment.

    Antonyms: hard funding

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThose forms of funding, such as donations and subsidies, that impose no direct requirement for return on investment.

Opposite
hard funding
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APA

soft funding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soft%20funding

MLA

“soft funding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soft%20funding. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “soft funding,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soft%20funding.

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