Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun funding

2 senses of funding

Sense 1
support, financial support, funding, backing, financial backing -- (financial resources provided to make some project possible; "the foundation provided support for the experiment")
       => resource -- (available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed)

Sense 2
financing, funding -- (the act of financing)
       => finance -- (the commercial activity of providing funds and capital)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fund

6 senses of fund

Sense 1
fund -- (convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds)
       => finance -- (obtain or provide money for; "Can we finance the addition to our home?")

Sense 2
fund -- (place or store up in a fund for accumulation)
       => roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard -- (get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune")

Sense 3
fund -- (provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest)
       => supply, provide, render, furnish -- (give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater")

Sense 4
fund -- (invest money in government securities)
       => invest, put, commit, place -- (make an investment; "Put money into bonds")

Sense 5
fund -- (accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability; "fund a medical care plan")
       => roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard -- (get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune")

Sense 6
fund -- (furnish money for; "The government funds basic research in many areas")
       => support -- (support materially or financially; "he does not support his natural children"; "The scholarship supported me when I was in college")