Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - seed money

Seed money is money that is given to someone to help them start a new business or project. (BUSINESS) N-UNCOUNT SEEDBED also seed-bed (seedbeds) 1. A seedbed is an area of ground, usually with specially prepared earth, where young plants are grown from seed. N-COUNT 2. You can refer to a place or a situation as a seedbed when it seems likely that a particular type of thing or person will develop in that place or situation. TV is using radio as a seedbed for ideas... N-COUNT: oft N for/of n