A special case of partial application is binding. With binding, you pass a T parameter to the (T) -> R function but without executing it, effectively returning an () -> R function:

fun main(args: Array<String>) {

   val footer:(String) -> String = {content -> "<footer&gt;$content</footer>"}
   val fixFooter: () -> String = footer.bind("Functional Kotlin - 2018") //alias for partially1
   println(fixFooter())
}

The function bind is just an alias for partially1, but it makes sense to have a separate name for it and make it more semantically correct.