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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Cartoon by Jeremy Nguyen Copy link to cartoon Copy link to cartoon Link copied Shop Shop Trae Stephens joined Luckey and two additional partners to form Anduril, with seed money from Founders Fund and other investors, including one of J. D. Vance’s financial ventures. Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 July 2025 Baumeister left his job in 1985 and began working at a local thrift store, later opening the first of three Sav-A-Lots in 1989 after borrowing $350,000 in seed money from his mother. Emily Krauser, People.com, 3 July 2025 Cheap contraband like vapes provides seed money for meth super-labs and weapons purchases. Edgar Domenech, Sun Sentinel, 18 June 2025 The reasons for such concerns start with the shockingly dishonest campaign for Proposition 1A, the 2008 state ballot measure allocating $9.95 billion in bond seed money for a network of bullet trains linking Los Angeles and San Francisco. U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 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 21 Jul. 2025.

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