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government funding
UK/ˈɡʌvənmənt ˈfʌndɪŋ/US/ˈɡʌvərnmənt ˈfʌndɪŋ/GOV·ern·ment FUN·ding
Money provided by a government to support projects, organisations, or public services.
Examples
“Many charities rely on government funding to run local projects.”
“Cuts to government funding forced the museum to reduce opening hours.”
“The university applied for government funding to expand its research labs.”
Band 8 sentence
“Many small cultural organisations simply cannot survive without steady government funding, especially during economic downturns.”
Collocations
- receive government funding
- depend on government funding
- cut government funding
Word family
Common mistakes
government fund→government funding
a government funding→government funding
Say it for a higher band
5government fund→6government funds→7+government funding
Synonyms
state funding
Easily confused
state funding
“The arts centre closed after its state funding was cut.”
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