Funding

a.

1. Providing a fund for the payment of the interest or principal of a debt.

2. 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 public debt.

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1. refinancing a debt on or before its maturity; also called refunding and, in certain instances, prerefunding.

2. putting money into investments or another type of reserve fund, to provide for future pension or welfare plans.

3. in corporate finance, the word funding is preferred to financing when referring to bonds in contrast to stock. A company is said to be funding its operations if it floats bonds.

4. to provide funds to finance a project, such as a research study.
See also sinking fund.

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noun

Money or property used to produce more wealth: backing, capital, capitalization, financing, grubstake, stake, subsidization. See help/harm/harmless, money.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - fundering

Nederlands (Dutch)
financiering

Français (French)
n. - financement

Deutsch (German)
n. - Finanzierung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κεφάλαιο, οικονομικός ή χρηματοδοτικός πόρος, δημόσια ομόλογα

Italiano (Italian)
finanziamento

Português (Portuguese)
n. - fundo (m) (dinheiro)

Русский (Russian)
финансирование

Español (Spanish)
n. - financiación

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - finansiera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
资金

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 資金

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 제공 받은 자금

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 国債の借換え, 積立て, 公債投資, 基金繰入れ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تمويل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מימון, הזרמת כסף‬

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