fund

[ fuhnd ]

/ fʌnd /

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noun

a supply of money or pecuniary resources, as for some purpose: a fund for his education; a retirement fund.

supply; stock: a fund of knowledge; a fund of jewels.

funds, money immediately available; pecuniary resources: to be momentarily without funds.

an organization created to administer or manage a fund, as of money invested or contributed for some special purpose.

verb (used with object)

to provide a fund to pay the interest or principal of (a debt).

to convert (general outstanding debts) into a more or less permanent debt, represented by interest-bearing bonds.

to allocate or provide funds for (a program, project, etc.).

Origin of fund

1670–80; < Latin fundus bottom, estate; replacing fond² in most of its meanings

SYNONYMS FOR fund

2 store, reservoir, fount, mine, hoard.

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OTHER WORDS FROM fund

non·fund·ed, adjective o·ver·fund, noun o·ver·fund, verb (used with object) pre·fund, verb (used with object)

un·der·fund, verb (used with object) un·der·fund·ed, adjective un·der·fund·ing, noun

Words nearby fund

functionalist, functionality, functionalize, functionary, functor, fund, fund manager, fund supermarket, fund-raise, fund-raiser, fund-raising

Example sentences from the Web for fund

Rebels in Africa trade in children to fund their conflicts and obtain child soldiers.

ISIS, Boko Haram, and the Growing Role of Human Trafficking in 21st Century Terrorism |Louise I. Shelley |December 26, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
In fact, as attendees noted to The Daily Beast, legislators go to ALEC to find ways to fund their campaigns.

The Left’s Answer to ALEC |Ben Jacobs |December 15, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Not to mention the revenue that will be generated by this, which then can be used to fund education and health care.

Tribes to U.S. Government: Take Your Weed and Shove It |Abby Haglage |December 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Gold continues to fund several armed groups as it is easily smuggled.

Aaron Rodgers Takes Aim at Congo’s ‘Blood Minerals’ War |John Prendergast |December 3, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Her attendance will bring in more parishioners and thus more money to fund church programs.

The Good Wife’s Religion Politics: Voters Have No Faith in Alicia's Atheism |Regina Lizik |November 24, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
This at least is certain, that the fund has not been dispensed upon any extravagant views of the existence of destitution.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. |Various
The Emperor thought proper to collect the moneys bestowed on hospitals into one fund.

The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck |Baron Trenck
She loved humor in a man, and this one with the yellow hair and blue eyes seemed to possess a fund of the dry sort.

The Princess Elopes |Harold MacGrath
Fund generally signifies the money or capital stock employed in carrying on trade or any other business operation.

The Government Class Book |Andrew W. Young
All in the mess contributed to this fund, and the fuel obtained was carefully guarded and husbanded.

Andersonville, Volume 2 |John McElroy

British Dictionary definitions for fund

fund

/ (fʌnd) /

noun

a reserve of money, etc, set aside for a certain purpose

a supply or store of something; stock it exhausted his fund of wisdom

verb (tr)

to furnish money to in the form of a fund

to place or store up in a fund

to convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt bearing fixed interest and represented by bonds

to provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest of

to accumulate a fund for the discharge of (a recurrent liability) to fund a pension plan

to invest (money) in government securities See also funds

Derived forms of fund

funder, noun

Word Origin for fund

C17: from Latin fundus the bottom, piece of land, estate; compare fond ²

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