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
• The act of financing
• 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 ...

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)

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Funding \Fund"ing\, a. Providing a fund for the payment of the interest or principal of a debt. Investing in the public funds. Funding system , a system or scheme of finance or revenue by which provision is made for paying the interest or principal of a ...

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