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.
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Will this $34 million be enough seed money for the National Garden? Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025 In 2022, the district received seed money for ethnic studies of about $228,000 ($25.57 per high school pupil), as its share of the state’s one-time $50 million apportionment. Marsha Sutton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025 The other candidates are: Paula Thomas, a former Sacramento radio station owner; Kenneth Anderson, senior pastor of Williams Chapel Baptist Church; and Kara Murray-Badal, who selects recipients of seed money from UC Berkeley’s Terner Center for Housing Innovation. East Bay Times Editorial, The Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2025 An airplane company takes a fair bit of seed money. Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 19 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for seed money

Word History

First Known Use

1943, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 29 Apr. 2025.

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