Financial support

• Furnish money for
• The act of financing
• Financial provision
• Convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds
• Paying for entertainment that's dull for the most part
• Invest money in government securities

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a funding council (= for giving money to projects, organizations etc ) ▪ a further education funding council COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE additional ▪ The main priority will always be to find some route to additional ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fund \Fund\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Funded ; p. pr. & vb. n. Funding .] To provide and appropriate a fund or permanent revenue for the payment of the interest of; to make permanent provision of resources (as by a pledge of revenue from customs) for discharging ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1776, verbal noun from fund (v.).