Funding
['fʌndɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fund
(a.) Providing a fund for the payment of the interest or principal of a debt.
(a.) Investing in the public funds.
Typed by Jed
Examples
- When money was raised in the one way, it was said to be raised by anticipation; when in the other, by perpetual funding, or, more shortly, by funding. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It is only during the continuance of war, however, that the system of funding has this advantage over the other system. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The practice of funding has gradually enfeebled every state which has adopted it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The ability of private people to accumulate, though less during the war, would have been greater during the peace, than under the system of funding. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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