funder
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈfʌndər/
:
financiador
- The foundation is a major funder for environmental research projects.
- funder and provider
- quitline funders
- developers and funders
Luckily, I had funders for that film.
- Luckily, I had funders for that film.
- Facebook is this year the number one funder of the Atlantic Council.
- And so one of the big funders now of this research is the Defense Department.
- And with that demo reel, we then went out to major funders and started asking for money for the project.
- You cannot tell in advance to the funder what you will find, or else what you're doing is very boring.
- And the balance of funding we raised through foundations and organizations and private funders.
- We all underestimate how much work it is and we now have funders from philanthropy who realize that that's the case.
- It's like, OK, well, how does that factor into a whole slew of different decisions that scientists make or that funders make?
- The the biggest funder is through USAID, the USA, the United States funds journalism in almost every country in the world.
- And he wants to collude with dictators and supporters and funders of terrorism and countries that have Sharia law built into their government.
Examples
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So again, DARPA is the major funder of the research on this.
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Policymakers and funders can further promote local initiatives with financial support and technical assistance.
Academic text (1993) -
I love this stuff and I'm involved on some level as a funder with early stage science.
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If I'd known our biggest funder was coming, I would have planned a nice dinner for us.
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Facebook is this year the number one funder of the Atlantic Council.
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We are working with other local funders to build capacity.
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But their goals are not always aligned with those of the funders who pay the bills.
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Many research funders regard evidence synthesis as a mechanism for knowledge exchange.
Academic text (2013) -
Our funders are very generous, they allow us a good deal of latitude.
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Sometimes grant seekers are fortunate enough to find funders whose interests and agendas are already in agreement with theirs.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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3.0
A person who gives money or things to help a charity
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3.2
A person who gives money to a charity or project
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3.0
Someone, company or group who gives money to help a project
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3.5
A person who gives money or other help to support people, groups and causes
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6.1
A person who gives money to help a new business start
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4.6
A person who gives money or help to others
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7.0
A person who gives money to help people or charities
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3.9
A person or group who joins others to pay for things like events and bills
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6.0
A person or group who gives money for a project
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7.7
A woman who gives money to people, groups, or causes
A person or group that helps pay for and organize an event
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Funder comes from the word fund, which means 'money set aside for something', plus the ending -er meaning 'one who does'. So a funder is a person or group that gives money to support a project, like in funding or refund where fund also means money.