Collocations for "funding"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "funding" in context.
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fund
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- invest in a mutual fund
- his investment fund
- starting a college fund (for their kids)
- how much is in your [college, home] fund?
- grew up with a trust fund
- paid for it with his trust fund
- lives off of her [retirement, trust] fund
- got a trust fund from his [mother]
- set up an equity fund
- [started, founded] a [scholarship, development, relief] fund (for)
- set up a fund to [support, provide, pay for, help]
- [dip into, access] the reserve funds
- [had, forced] to use the reserve funds
- funds are starting to run low (for)
- funds have dried up (for)
- funds have dried up without their [support, donations]
- do we have enough funds to cover the [cost, repair]?
- not enough funds were [allocated, assigned] (to)
- I'm [momentarily, temporarily] without funds
- fund the [project, research, training, workshops, investment]
- [refused, agreed, needed] to fund the [project]
- fund the [opposition, rebels, enemy]
- funded by [taxpayers, the government, lottery money, public money]
- funded through [grants, subsidies, tax breaks]
- funded [largely, in part] by
- fund the [war, construction, repairs]
- funded [jointly, directly, entirely]
- [working, able, unable] to fund my [travels, studies, ambition]
- stole from his [mother, family, employer] to fund his [habit, addiction]
- to fund his [drug habit, addiction to drugs, gambling addiction]
- check the fund balance
- works as a fund manager
- is a trust-fund baby
'funding' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
AIDS
- address
- adequate
- approach
- approve
- call
- contingent
- counterpart
- couple
- cut
- develop
- encouragement
- external
- fell
- freeze
- grant
- handicap
- increased
- lever
- limit
- minister
- partial
- provide
- pull
- reliably
- remedy
- sector
- shortfall
- slash
- solicit
- support