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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
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Word History
First Known Use
1943, in the meaning defined above
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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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