funder
/ˈfʌndɚ/
funder noun: one who funds.
Noun
funder (plural funders)
- One who funds.
- I think funding sources do have an impact on the political direction of any organization. An organization that is not politically palatable to the funder is going to lose the funder. That has had an impact on the direction of the gay liberation event.1987 May 9, Gordon Gottlieb, Richard Burns, Sue Hyde, “Homocrats and Liberationists: Burns and Hyde Consider the Community's Institutions”, in Gay Community News, page 8
- Network Rail's funder in Scotland, Transport Scotland, published a plan in 2020 saying that by 2035 the rail routes to Aberdeen (and to Inverness, Tweedbank and Carlisle via Kilmarnock) would be electrified.2024 February 7, “Network News: NR seeks bidders for Scottish OLE”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 10
Forms of funder
| plural | funders |
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Origin of funder
From fund + -er.
Words formed from funder
Words that rhyme with funder
- under
- wonder
- blunder
- plunder
- asunder
- thunder
- chunder
- sunder
- dunder
- gazunder
- land under
- nine days' wonder
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Questions about funder
- What does funder mean?
- Funder means one who funds.
- What part of speech is funder?
- Funder is a noun.
- How do you pronounce funder?
- Funder is pronounced /ˈfʌndɚ/.
- What is the plural of funder?
- The plural of funder is funders.
Words near funder in the dictionary
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