Dictionary

fundable en · ADJ

Etymology

From fund + -able.

Meanings

1. Able to be funded; deserving of funds.
   • Despite these uncertainties, Clarke told MPs he was convinced of the need to order trains powered by batteries. He said: "We're calling for a 'no regrets' order of battery trains because we see them always having a future. We see them being fundable, financeable, similar cost to diesel trains, and we know that however much electrification we would aspire to do, there's always going to be at least a third of the network that isn't electrified. 2023 December 27, Philip Haigh, “All eyes are on the DfT as rolling stock concerns deepen”, in RAIL, number 999, page 19:
   • It's like telling them, "Here is this primer, this cookbook—all you have to do to come up with a fundable proposal is read this well." 2009 August 28, Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, “Warning: Don't Let Your Elders Brainwash You”, in Science, volume 325, number 5944, →DOI:
   • "Repackaging" gay-white-male safe sex education as a critical, and therefore fundable, aspect of ASO service provision. 1989 December 17, Steve Rose, “Over-Emphasis On Safer Sex Ed Among Gay White Men”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 23, page 4:
2. Capable of being converted into a fund or into bonds.

Forms

Deriveds

unfundable · nonfundable