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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Google soon invested nearly $4 million in seed money. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2025 Whitesell is exiting Endeavor/WME to launch a new investment venture with Silver Lake and $250 million in seed money. Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 24 Mar. 2025 In the criminally underrated Peacock comedy Killing It, the desperate protagonist (Craig Robinson) decides that the only way to make seed money for his start-up business is by participating in a python-hunting competition in the Florida Everglades. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2025 This program offers seed money to create children's educational programming and related studies. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 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 1 Apr. 2025.

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