(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
To ~ a person, organization, or project means to provide the financial resources that they need. (mainly AM INFORMAL)
The company has ~ed a couple of local movies.
= finance
VERB: V n
2.
A ~ is the financial resources used to back a person, project, or institution. (AM)
We have a guaranteed minimum ~ of ?1.7m over the five LPs.
N-SING