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seedcorn
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Seedcorn is the funding mechanism of the Department for Food Agriculture and Rural Affairs ( DEFRA ), in the United Kingdom . It is a major funding source for research institutes and a minor source of PhD studentship funding. The majority of the funding ...
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n. 1 corn ((term: wheat) etc) that, instead of being milled, is retained for seed 2 (context UK economics English) Financial assets set aside for the generation of future profits
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Someday, you know it, I'll come back to you again for money: seedcorn money, that's all, so we can take a first step-self-financing even in the medium term-beyond the bounds of Earth.