revolving fund


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revolving fund

n.
A fund whose income or repayments can be used to finance its continuing operations from year to year, usually established by a government or nonprofit organization to provide discounted loans.
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revolving fund

n
(Banking & Finance) a fund set up for a specific purpose and constantly added to by income from its investments
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revolving fund

A fund established to finance a cycle of operations to which reimbursements and collections are returned for reuse in a manner such as will maintain the principal of the fund, e.g., working capital funds, industrial funds, and loan funds.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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Noun1.revolving fund - a fund which, if borrowed or used, is intended to be replenished so it may be loaned or spent repeatedly
fund, monetary fund - a reserve of money set aside for some purpose
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Mr Munjuri, who is also a member of the Miraa Taskforce Report Implementation Technical team, said with the revolving fund, the land owners will now be able to get soft loans, grow the cash crop, manage it as well as irrigate their farms.Trading shades will also improve handling of the crop and according to Mr Munjuri, this will increase the local market.
MWQFA provides financing at below-market rates to governmental entities within the state for eligible clean water revolving fund projects through its WQRLF and drinking water revolving fund projects through its DWRLF.
The project was financed with a $2.4 million loan from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund as well as $900,000 in loans from commercial lenders and a $600,000 grant from the Drinking Water and Groundwater Trust Fund.
The Gaza Solar Revolving Fund initially devotes $2 million to help over one thousand households and businesses to install small solar rooftop systems for a total of around 1.7 MW installed capacity.
The revolving fund creation was for catering payments to the Chinese company in case its bills get delayed.
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Since its inception in 1997, the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund has provided close to $15 billion in grants to all 50 states and Puerto Rico to improve drinking water treatment, transmission and distribution.
A revolving fund operates on a break-even basis over time; that is it neither makes a profit nor incurs a loss.
Research shows that these types of projects are ideal funding candidates inside the green revolving fund model as they coincide with the fund's common goals of reducing resource use and engaging the community.