The act of financing

• Furnish money for
• Financial provision
• Invest money in government securities
• Paying for entertainment that's dull for the most part
• Convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds
• Financial resources provided to make some project possible

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The action of the verb fund#Verb. 2 Money provided as funds. vb. (present participle of fund English)

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 ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. financial resources provided to make some project possible; "the foundation provided support for the experiment" [syn: support , financial support , backing , financial backing ] the act of financing [syn: financing ]