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[ Bp. Ridley, in Bradford's Works (Parker Soc., 1853), II. 371. funded (fun'ded), a. [ On the 31st of December, 1697, the publick debts of Great Britain funded and unfunded amounted to £21,515,742. 138. 8 1-2d. Adam Smith , Wealth of Nations, v. 3. The nation had an enormous funded debt and a depreciated currency. G. S. Merriam, S. Bowles, II. 88. 2. Invested in public funds: as, funded money. funder (fun'der), n. 1. One who is in favor of funding a debt or debts, or of providing a funebrial sinking-fund for the gradual extinction of debt. Specifically-2. In U. S. politics, from about 1878 onward, a Virgin i an who was in favor of funding and paying the entire debt of the State (le the quota properly falling upon West Virginia), in distinction from a so-called readjuster, who advocated the repudiation of a part of the debt. fund-holder (fund'holder), n. An owner of government stock or public securities. Would you tax the property of the fund - holder? No, no minister has yet been either blind or abandoned enough to attempt it. Fox , Speech on the A e ed Tax Bill, Dec. 14, 1797. Tax on fundholders , in respect of profits arising from annuities payable out of any public revenues, S. Dowell , Taxes in England, III. 111. fundi (fun'di), n. [Native African.] A kind of grain allied to millet (the Paspalum exile ), much cultivated in the west of Africa. It is light and nutritious, and has been recommended for cultivation as food for invalids. Also called fundungi and hungry rice. funding (fun'ding), n. [Verbal n. of fund1 , v.] The act or proce of converting a floating debt into a funded debt. See fund1 , v . t ., and debt. Funding system, a system or scheme for funding, usually including a sinking-fund for the payment of principal, and a pledge of specific portions of the income of the state or company for the payment of interest meanwhile. See