This absence of government funding was a particular problem for Jim's parents, Molly and Clifford. Both were scientists studying the garbage crisis, but their lab had
recently been closed due to lack of money.
Based on the context clues in this passage, what does the word funding mean?
A. the act of doing scientific research
O B. the act of supplying money
C. the act of building a lab
D. the act of studying a crisis

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