noun. The act or process of converting a floating debt into a funded debt. see fund, transitive verb, and debt.

adjective. Providing a fund for the payment of the interest or principal of a debt.

adjective. Investing in the public funds.

adjective. a system or scheme of finance or revenue by which provision is made for paying the interest or principal of a public debt.

verb. Present participle of fund.

noun. The action of the verb fund.

noun. Money provided as funds.

noun. financial resources provided to make some project possible

noun. the act of financing

"Twitter closes in on $100m of new funding$ - Twitter, the fast-growing microblogging site, is close to a deal to secure as much as $100 million of new funding, valuing the company at $1 billion."