- funder
- funder fund‧er [ˈfʌdə ǁ -ər] noun [countable]FINANCE BANKING ORGANIZATIONS a government, organization, or person that makes money available to others, for example in the form of loans:
• The initiatives were funded by VSO, various government departments, and some private funders.
ˌcorporate ˈfunder FINANCE ORGANIZATIONSa company that gives money to a Charity, or other non-profit organization:• New York's art museums hope that several corporate funders may be willing to subsidise the new project.
an organization that provides capital for an investment:• Innisfree, the equity funder, announced a £60 million investment in South Buckinghamshire.
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funder UK US /ˈfʌndər/ noun [C] FINANCE► a person or organization that provides money for something: »The Ministry of Health is a major funder of medical research.
Financial and business terms. 2012.