Funding system, a system or scheme of finance or revenue by which provision is made for paying the interest or principal of a public debt.

Fundless
(Fund"less), a. Destitute of funds.

Fundus
(||Fun"dus) n. [L., bottom.] (Anat.) The bottom or base of any hollow organ; as, the fundus of the bladder; the fundus of the eye.

Funebrial
(Fu*ne"bri*al) a. [L. funebris belonging to a funeral, fr. funus funeral.] Pertaining to a funeral or funerals; funeral; funereal. [Obs.] [Written also funebral.] Sir T. Browne.

Funebrious
(Fu*ne"bri*ous) a. Funebrial. [Obs.]

Funeral
(Fu"ner*al) n. [LL. funeralia, prop. neut. pl. of funeralis of a funeral, fr. L. funus, funeris, funeral: cf. F. funérailles.]

1. The solemn rites used in the disposition of a dead human body, whether such disposition be by interment, burning, or otherwise; esp., the ceremony or solemnization of interment; obsequies; burial; — formerly used in the plural.

King James his funerals were performed very solemnly in the collegiate church at Westminster.
Euller.

2. The procession attending the burial of the dead; the show and accompaniments of an interment. "The long funerals." Pope.

3. A funeral sermon; — usually in the plural. [Obs.]

Mr. Giles Lawrence preached his funerals.
South.

Funeral
(Fu"ner*al), a. [LL. funeralis. See Funeral, n.] Per. taining to a funeral; used at the interment of the dead; as, funeral rites, honors, or ceremonies. Shak.

Funeral pile, a structure of combustible material, upon which a dead body is placed to be reduced to ashes, as part of a funeral rite; a pyre.

Fu"ner*al*ly, adv. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Funerate
(Fu"ner*ate) v. t. [L. funeratus, p. p. of funerare to funerate, fr. funus. See Funeral.] To bury with funeral rites. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Fundamentally
(Fun`da*men"tal*ly), adv. Primarily; originally; essentially; radically; at the foundation; in origin or constituents. "Fundamentally defective." Burke.

Funded
(Fund"ed) a.

1. Existing in the form of bonds bearing regular interest; as, funded debt.

2. Invested in public funds; as, funded money.

Fundholder
(Fund"hold"er) a. One who has money invested in the public funds. J. S. Mill.

Funding
(Fund"ing), a.

1. Providing a fund for the payment of the interest or principal of a debt.

2. Investing in the public funds.


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