funnel
noun
a cone-shaped utensil with a tube at the apex for conducting liquid or other substance through a small opening, as into a bottle, jug, or the like.
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
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By Election Day 1996, the three-term Senator will have funneled a total of $12 million to Senate can didates and $7 million to state committees--so-called hard money, capped by federal election law.
From Time Magazine Archive
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