the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Providing a fund for the payment of the interest or principal of a debt.
adj. Investing in the public funds.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The act or process of converting a floating debt into a funded debt. see fund, transitive verb, and debt.
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n. financial resources provided to make some project possible
n. the act of financing
Word Usage
"Twitter closes in on $100m of new funding$ - Twitter, the fast-growing microblogging site, is close to a deal to secure as much as $100 million of new funding, valuing the company at $1 billion."