单词 | seed money |
释义 | > as lemmasseed money seed money n. U.S. money allocated (originally from public funds) for the initiation of a project, with the aim of stimulating its independent economic expansion. ΚΠ 1959 Minutes 53rd Meeting Assoc. Res. Libraries 21 June 6 The role of the Office of Scientific Information Service is..to provide seed money for studies and experiments. 1970 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 10 Jan. 27/1 This has been seed money in the best sense of the term. As President Nixon pointed out to Congress last month, every dollar of Foundation money has stimulated the donation of three dollars from other sources. 2009 Wall St. Jrnl. 18 Nov. a2/4 Among the ideas for unused TARP funds are direct lending to small businesses, and funding of an infrastructure bank that would provide seed money for projects. < as lemmas |
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