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funded

funded

3.2
Given money to pay for something, often by an organization or government
  • adjective
  • /ˈfʌndɪd/
translation icon : financiado
  • Many public schools are funded through state and federal taxes.

This is a part work partly funded by the IMLS.

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Examples

  • In this way, the NHS is funded mainly by the taxpayer.

  • Pensions are usually funded with pre tax dollars.

  • But for the time being, this is all being funded by debt.

  • It's a question of how is it funded long term?

  • Came the news that this will be funded by more service cuts.

  • We just submitted a proposal that if funded will start up in October.

  • So we, it's been a privately funded project.

  • Two of them are here and we are funded by the the BBSRC.

  • It's one of many nationally funded primate research centers.

  • The new community center is funded by a generous grant from the local government.

Synonyms

supported
vsfunded
2.0

Given money or help by others

focuses specifically on receiving money for a particular purpose from organizations

Antonyms

unfunded
27 5.1

Does not have money to start or run a project

How Funded

funded
3.2
underfunded
8 5.0
unfunded
27 5.1

Surface Forms

funded positive

Morphology

funded = fund (transparent) = fund + ed

Regular past-participle/adjectival formation from the verb 'fund'; meaning is directly 'provided with money'.

Etymology

Funded comes from the noun fund, which originally meant a 'base' or 'bottom' and is like the word foundation. To 'fund' something is to give it a money 'base', so a funded project has the money it needs.