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government funding

 
 
noun [U] GOVERNMENT, FINANCE

Definition

money provided by the government to pay for something: The President lifted restrictions on government funding of research. a government funding agency/body/source
(Definition of government funding noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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