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Noun funding has 2 senses

support, financial support, funding, backing, financial backing - financial resources provided to make some project possible; "the foundation provided support for the experiment"
--₁ is a kind of resource

Derived form: verb fund₆
financing, funding - the act of financing
--₂ is a kind of finance

Derived form: verb fund₆

Verb fund has 6 senses

fund - convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds
--₁ is one way to finance
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
fund - place or store up in a fund for accumulation
--₂ is one way to roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard

Derived form: noun fund₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
fund - provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest
--₃ is one way to supply, provide, render, furnish

Derived form: noun fund₃
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
fund - invest money in government securities
--₄ is one way to invest, put, commit, place

Derived form: noun fund₃
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
fund - accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability; "fund a medical care plan"
--₅ is one way to roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
fund - furnish money for; "The government funds basic research in many areas"
--₆ is one way to support

Derived forms: noun fund₁, noun funding₁, noun funding₂
Sample sentence:
They fund him to write the letter