funding
funding
noun
OPAL W
/ˈfʌndɪŋ/
uncountable
​money for a particular purpose; the act of providing money for such a purpose
federal/state funding
funding for something There have been large cuts in government funding for scientific research.
Alex originally struggled to secure funding for the project.
to receive/get/obtain funding for something
to provide/allocate funding for something
to withdraw/cut funding for something
About 70 per cent of current funding has gone on schools.
Half of the research posts depend on outside funding.
It gave us more time to raise the necessary funding.
Most of our funding comes from private sources.
Much of the funding dried up in the 1990s.
Present levels of funding have forced the school to close.
The president has promised full funding for the plans.
The refusal to provide extra funding for schools caused a storm.
The school has attracted funding from a number of sources.
We need to make sure that the funding goes to areas where its most needed.
the clandestine funding of an illegal group
public funding for the arts
TOPICS Business B2
TOPICS Social issues B2
TOPICS Education B2
Collocations
adjective
adequate
proper
sufficient
verb + funding
award somebody/​something
give somebody/​something
provide (somebody/​something with)
funding + verb
come from somebody/​something
goincrease…
funding + noun
shortfallcrisiscut…
preposition
… in funding… of fundingfunding  from…
phrases
a cut in fundingan increase in fundinga lack of funding…
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