financial support
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The university provides financial support for the student's research project.
Definition
Noun 1. Money or funding provided to enable an activity, person, or organization: Financial support refers to monetary resources given to help start, continue, or complete a project, venture, or individual's needs. It implies backing with funds. 2. The act of providing such funds: The term can also refer to the action or process of supplying financial resources.
Usage and Examples
- The research would not have been possible without the financial support of a major grant from the national science council.
- Many students rely on financial support from their families to pay for university tuition and living expenses.
- The charity's primary mission is to offer financial support to families in crisis.
- Securing ongoing financial support is the biggest challenge for most new startups.
Advanced Usage
- "To provide/give/offer financial support": This is the most common verb collocation.
- "To receive/get/obtain financial support": Used from the perspective of the beneficiary.
- "A source of financial support": Refers to the entity providing the funds.
- The term is often used in formal, academic, business, and charitable contexts to describe grants, scholarships, donations, investments, or allowances.
Variants and Related Words
- Support (n.): A broader term that can include financial support, but also emotional, technical, or physical backing.
- Funding (n.): Money provided for a specific purpose. Often used interchangeably with "financial support," though "funding" can sound more institutional.
- Sponsorship (n.): Financial support given by an organization for an event, activity, or person, often in return for advertising.
- Grant (n.): A sum of money given by an organization, especially a government, for a particular purpose.
- Subsidy (n.): Financial support given by a government or public body to help an industry or business keep the price of a commodity or service low.
Synonyms
- Backing
- Funding
- Financing
- Patronage
- Sponsorship
Antonyms
- Financial burden
- Debt
- Liability
Related Phrases and Idioms
- "To bankroll" (verb, informal): To support financially.
- A wealthy investor agreed to bankroll the film production.
- "To foot the bill" (idiom): To pay for something.
- The company footed the bill for the entire conference.
- "Financial backing": A near-identical phrase to "financial support," emphasizing the supportive role of the funds.
- The venture failed due to a lack of solid financial backing.
The university provides financial support for the student's research project.
Noun
- financial resources provided to make some project possible
- the foundation provided support for the experiment