Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Fund \Fund\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Funded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Funding}.]
   1. To provide and appropriate a fund or permanent revenue for
      the payment of the interest of; to make permanent
      provision of resources (as by a pledge of revenue from
      customs) for discharging the interest of or principal of;
      as, to fund government notes.

   2. To place in a fund, as money.

   3. To put into the form of bonds or stocks bearing regular
      interest; as, to fund the floating debt.

Funding \Fund"ing\, a.
   1. Providing a fund for the payment of the interest or
      principal of a debt.

   2. Investing in the public funds.

   {Funding system}, a system or scheme of finance or revenue by
      which provision is made for paying the interest or
      principal of a public debt.

Source : WordNet®

funding
     n 1: financial resources provided to make some project possible;
          "the foundation provided support for the experiment"
          [syn: {support}, {financial support}, {backing}, {financial
          backing}]
     2: the act of financing [syn: {financing}]