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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In 2007, Andrew Mason, then a recent Northwestern University music grad, started a website called The Point with $1 million in seed money from Lefkofsky. Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025 Despite many warnings that of course a dysfunctional state government couldn’t build a statewide bullet-train network by 2020 for just $33 billion, it was given nearly $10 billion in bond seed money by state voters in 2008. U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025 This Robin Hood study has received seed money support for the development of the task from the Provost's Office, The New School. Howard Steele, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025 While the district has gone through funding struggles in recent years after its initial seed money ran out, Guziak said the assessment approved Monday is permanent. Michael Slaten, Oc Register, 6 Aug. 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 9 Sep. 2025.

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