FUNDING


Meaning of FUNDING in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ adequate , proper , sufficient

▪ generous , significant , substantial

▪ full

The President has promised full ~ for the plans.

▪ inadequate , insufficient

▪ additional , extra , increased

▪ limited

▪ direct

▪ initial

▪ long-term

▪ annual , three-year , etc.

the industry's annual ~ requirement

▪ emergency , short-term

▪ official

▪ core

▪ central ( esp. BrE )

▪ internal

▪ external , outside

Half of the research posts depend on outside ~.

▪ international , local , national

▪ foreign

▪ federal , government , public , public-sector ( esp. BrE ), state

▪ private , private-sector ( esp. BrE )

▪ corporate

▪ grant , lottery ( esp. BrE )

▪ development , education , research , science

▪ start-up , venture

▪ library , school , university , etc.

VERB + FUNDING

▪ award sb/sth , give sb/sth , provide (sb/sth with)

The refusal to provide extra ~ for schools caused a storm.

▪ allocate

▪ request , seek

▪ raise

It gave us more time to raise the necessary ~.

▪ attract , get , obtain , receive , secure , win

▪ lose

▪ boost , increase

▪ cut , reduce , slash

▪ freeze

▪ cut off , stop , withdraw , withhold

▪ deny sb/sth , refuse (sb/sth)

▪ restore

▪ approve , authorize

FUNDING + VERB

▪ come from sb/sth

Most of our ~ comes from private sources.

▪ go

We need to make sure that the ~ goes to areas where its most needed.

About 70% of current ~ has gone on schools.

▪ increase , rise

▪ fall

▪ dry up , run out

Much of the ~ dried up in the 1980s.

FUNDING + NOUN

▪ shortfall

▪ crisis

▪ cut

▪ increase

▪ levels

▪ package ( esp. BrE )

▪ arrangement , formula

We're hoping they will change the ~ formula.

▪ agency , body

▪ bill ( AmE )

PREPOSITION

▪  … in ~ ,  … of ~

£25 million in ~

▪ ~ from

The school has attracted ~ from a number of sources.

▪ ~ to

an increase in ~ to drug rehabilitation clinics

PHRASES

▪ a cut in ~ , an increase in ~

▪ a lack of ~

▪ a level of ~

Present levels of ~ have forced the school to close.

▪ a source of ~

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