matching funds
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4.4
- noun
- /ˈmæʧɪŋ fʌndz/
- Specialized
:
fondos de contrapartida
- Between 1993 and 1995, the federal matching-funds program run by the PCME and Solidaridad Internacional operated in six states, including Zacatecas.
- matching funds program
- federal matching funds
- projects that receive matching funds
Examples
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President Clinton has set aside federal matching funds.
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With state matching funds in excess of $19 million, the construction of this facility began.
Academic text (2011) -
Look, the school board is only gonna put up the matching funds if we can prove to them that we really wanna save this place.
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One that gets federal matching funds and is invited to debates.
Blog text (30) -
A few respondents wanted the government to provide matching funds for research into cleaner technologies.
Academic text (1999) -
Various other partners kicked in $963,000 in matching funds.
Academic text (2005) -
The strong relationship between these parties contributed to the continuation of the matching-funds program.
Academic text (2002) -
Striving entrepreneurs need to provide matching funds to get government grants.
Blog text (1) -
As stated, Canada's federal government provided almost 50 percent matching funds for provincial health expenditures for both hospitalization insurance and physicians' care insurance.
Academic text (1996) -
The three-year grant requires Atlanta and Fulton each to provide matching funds of $58,333 each year.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'money provided equal to or in proportion with amounts raised from other sources' is directly derivable from combining 'matching' (making equal or corresponding) with 'funds' (money). This adjective+noun composition follows a transparent, cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents should be able to infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Matching funds comes from the simple image of matching money: imagine you put coins into a jar of funds and someone else puts the same amount into the same jar. That's why matching funds means money given to 'match' or be 'equal' to money from another source, often required for a grant.