Furnish money for

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

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 ...

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

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)

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 ]