funding

funding definition - finance
  1. A term that is used by a company that is funding its operations by issuing debt.
  2. Refinancing debt before maturity, typically referred to as refunding.
  3. Initial investments in a start-up, provided by a venture capitalist or private equity investor.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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