- funding
- nounADJECTIVE▪ adequate, proper, sufficient▪ generous, significant, substantial▪ full▪
The President has promised full funding for the plans.
▪ inadequate, insufficient▪ additional, extra, increased▪ limited▪ direct▪ initial▪ long-term▪ annual, three-year, etc.▪the industry's annual funding requirement
▪ emergency, short-term▪ official▪ core▪ central (esp. BrE)▪ internal▪ external, outside▪Half of the research posts depend on outside funding.
▪ 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 funding for schools caused a storm.
▪ allocate▪ request, seek▪ raise▪It gave us more time to raise the necessary funding.
▪ 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, authorizeFUNDING + VERB▪ come from sb/sth▪Most of our funding comes from private sources.
▪ go▪We need to make sure that the funding goes to areas where its most needed.
▪About 70% of current funding has gone on schools.
▪ increase, rise▪ fall▪ dry up, run out▪Much of the funding dried up in the 1980s.
FUNDING + NOUN▪ shortfall▪ crisis▪ cut▪ increase▪ levels▪ package (esp. BrE)▪ arrangement, formula▪We're hoping they will change the funding formula.
▪ agency, body▪ bill (AmE)PREPOSITION▪ … in funding, … of funding▪£25 million in funding
▪ funding from▪The school has attracted funding from a number of sources.
▪ funding to▪an increase in funding to drug rehabilitation clinics
PHRASES▪ a cut in funding, an increase in funding▪ a lack of funding▪ a level of funding▪Present levels of funding have forced the school to close.
▪ a source of funding
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
