fund

[fuhnd]

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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

Related formsnon·fund·ed, adjectiveo·ver·fund, nouno·ver·fund, verb (used with object)pre·fund, verb (used with object)un·der·fund, verb (used with object)un·der·fund·ed, adjectiveun·der·fund·ing, noun

Synonyms for fund

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2. store, reservoir, fount, mine, hoard.

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Related Words for funds

revenue, backing, money, nut, currency, dough, proceeds, wealth, treasure, earnings, scratch, bread, affluence, store, collateral, finance, lucre, means, capital, kitty

Examples from the Web for funds

Contemporary Examples of funds

Moreover, the crippling restrictions resulted in the North partially shutting down weapons programs for lack of funds.
U.S. Should Make North Korea Pay for Sony Hack
Gordon G. Chang
December 18, 2014
To put things into perspective, BH Global Aviation is just one of at least three such Bush-driven funds.
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Lloyd Green
December 15, 2014
When you are safely out, you give your password to the smuggler who calls it in to the broker to release the funds.
Inside the Smuggling Networks Flooding Europe with Refugees
Barbie Latza Nadeau
December 15, 2014
Surenos are told when to workout, who to associate with and how to distribute any funds they make from illegal activity.
The Mexican Mafia Is the Daddy of All Street Gangs
Seth Ferranti
December 11, 2014
In 2008, his monastery was in desperate need of funds and Vreeland decided to lend a hand with his first photography exhibition.
From Fashion Player to Photographer Monk
Nina Strochlic
December 3, 2014

Historical Examples of funds

In Freedom's name, I send herewith a contribution to the funds of your society.
Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit
Charles Dickens
It was, indeed, a desperate expedient for raising the funds.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845
Various
The funds so realized go into the coffers of the Church, which is fit and proper.
The Life of Cesare Borgia
Raphael Sabatini
I only ask that we should take counsel together so as to prevent the failure of your funds.
Cyropaedia
Xenophon
And of course it was at the minute I was asked to account for the funds I had.
The Prisoner
Alice Brown

British Dictionary definitions for funds

funds

pl n

money that is readily available

British government securities representing national debt

fund

noun

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

a supply or store of something; stockit 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 securitiesSee also funds

Derived Formsfunder, noun

Word Origin for fund

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

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Word Origin and History for funds

fund

1660s, from French fond "a bottom, floor, ground" (12c.), also "a merchant's basic stock or capital," from Latin fundus "bottom, foundation, piece of land," from PIE root *bhudh- "bottom, base" (cf. Sanskrit budhnah, Greek pythmen "foundation, bottom," Old English botm "lowest part;" see bottom (n.)). Funds "money at one's disposal" is from 1728. Fund-raiser (also fundraiser) first attested 1957.

fund

1776, from fund (n.). Related: Funded; funding.