fund

[ fuhnd ]
/ fʌnd /

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)

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.

OTHER WORDS FROM fund

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 overfunding

British Dictionary definitions for overfunding (1 of 2)

overfunding
/ (ˈəʊvəˌfʌndɪŋ) /

noun

(in Britain) a government policy in which it sells more of its securities than would be required to finance public spending, with the object of absorbing surplus funds to curb inflation

British Dictionary definitions for overfunding (2 of 2)

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)

Derived forms of fund

funder, noun

Word Origin for fund

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