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1. Financial resources provided to make some project possible
   - support, financial support, backing, financial backing
    
2. The act of financing
   - financing

1. Convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds
    
2. Place or store up in a fund for accumulation
    
3. Provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest
    
4. Invest money in government securities
    
5. Accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability
   "fund a medical care plan"
    
6. Furnish money for
   "The government funds basic research in many areas"

Derived forms: fundings

See also: pay

Type of: accumulate, amass, collect, commit, compile, finance, furnish, hoard, invest, pile up, place, provide, put, render, resource, roll up, supply, support

Encyclopedia: Fund