| Main Entry: | fund |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | provide money for |
Synonyms: |
back, bankroll, capitalize, endow, finance, float, grubstake, juice*, patronize, pay for, pick up the check, pick up the tab, promote, stake, subsidize, support |
Antonyms: |
take |
| Main Entry: | funding |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | capital |
Synonyms: |
backing, capitalization, cash, financial backing, financing, money, resources, stake |
| Main Entry: | appropriation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | allocation, setting aside |
Synonyms: |
allotment, allowance, apportionment, assignment, budgeting, concession, donation, earmarking, endowing, funding, giving, grant, provision, setting apart, sponsoring, stipend, stipulation, subsidy |
Antonyms: |
keeping, refusal, rejection |
| Main Entry: | defray |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pay |
Synonyms: |
bear the cost, chip in, cover cost, finance, foot the bill, fund, pay for, pick up the bill, pick up the check, pick up the tab, settle |
| Main Entry: | endow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give large gift |
Synonyms: |
accord, award, back, bequeath, bestow, come through with, confer, contribute, donate, empower, enable, endue, enhance, enrich, establish, favor, finance, found, fund, furnish, grant, heighten, invest, lay on, leave, make over, organize, promote, provide, settle on, sponsor, subscribe, subsidize, supply, support, vest in, will |
Antonyms: |
receive, take |
| Main Entry: | endowment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large gift |
Synonyms: |
award, benefaction, benefit, bequest, bestowal, boon, bounty, dispensation, donation, fund, funding, gifting, grant, gratuity, income, inheritance, largess, legacy, nest egg, pension, presentation, property, provision, revenue, stake, stipend, subsidy, trust |
Antonyms: |
loss |
| Main Entry: | finance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | offer loan money; set up in business |
Synonyms: |
back, bank, bankroll, capitalize, endow, float*, fund, go for, grubstake, guarantee, juice*, lay on one, loan shark, patronize, pay for, pick up the check, pick up the tab, prime the pump, promote, provide funds, provide security, put up money, raise dough, sponsor, stake, subsidize, support, underwrite |
Antonyms: |
call in, take |
| Main Entry: | financing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money for operating expenses |
Synonyms: |
costs, expenditure, funding, loan, matching funds, outgo, outlay, payment |
| Main Entry: | patronize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | support a cause |
Synonyms: |
assist, back, befriend, foster, fund, help, maintain, promote, sponsor, subscribe to |
Antonyms: |
antagonize, contend, oppose |
| Main Entry: | sponsor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | help, promote |
Synonyms: |
answer for, back, bankroll, be responsible for, finance, fund, grubstake, guarantee, patronize, put up money, stake, subsidize, vouch for |
Antonyms: |
disapprove, discourage, hurt |