seed money

noun

: money used for setting up a new enterprise

Examples of seed money in a Sentence

He provided seed money for the campaign.
Recent Examples on the Web Adham and Morhaime started the company in 1991 with a little seed money from their families, some college-level programming knowledge, and a handful of artists and engineers. Jason Schreier, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2024 The amount of money that's given to a researcher is kind of like seed money and that researcher then can start their research with their team and as a result get other research money from other places. Noel Burgess, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024 The goal is for the district to get the seed money back and to reinvest it in future projects, McClain said. Al Gaspeny, arkansasonline.com, 2 Sep. 2024 Iran is known to have provided at least some of the seed money for the school’s construction, and no less than then-Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi presided over the school’s inauguration in May 2011 (causing a minor international incident in the process). Ilan Berman, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2016 See all Example Sentences for seed money 

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Word History

First Known Use

1943, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of seed money was in 1943

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“Seed money.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seed%20money. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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