funding

«funding» in Mova's school dictionary: Money given by a government, organisation or person for a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (funding)

meaning for a pupil

Money given by a government, organisation or person for a special purpose, such as a school, project or research. tree →

sense in the lessons

In news and school letters: «funding for a new playground», «the school received funding». In science: research needs funding. Maths problems: funding shared between projects.

examples

• The school got funding for new computers. tree →
• The project needs more funding. tree →
• Funding for the library was cut. tree →
• Scientists applied for funding to study whales. tree →
• The charity provides funding for sports clubs. tree →
• The funding was split equally between three classes. tree →

note

Uncountable: «some funding», not «a funding». Verb: fund. In maths: equal share = total funding ÷ number of groups.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «funding» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.