American English

How to pronounce funding

nounB2Common word
FUHNdihng

/ˈfən.dɪŋ/

2 syllables · Stress the first syllable.

Money provided to pay for a project, business, organization, or activity.

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Meanings & examples

noun

Money provided to pay for a project, business, organization, or activity.

The school needs more funding.

The project received funding from the city.

Good to know

Usually say some funding or enough funding, not a funding.

Common phrases & grammar

government funding · public funding · additional funding · receive funding

funding for + noun

funding from + source

Useful expressions

funding cut

a reduction in the money available for something

The program faces a funding cut.

funding gap

the difference between the money needed and the money available

The charity has a serious funding gap.

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