fund
Americannoun
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funds
plural
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a supply of money or pecuniary resources, as for some purpose.
a fund for his education;
a retirement fund.
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supply; stock.
a fund of knowledge;
a fund of jewels.
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funds, money immediately available; pecuniary resources.
to be momentarily without funds.
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an organization created to administer or manage a fund, as of money invested or contributed for some special purpose.
verb (used with object)
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funds,
present (3rd person singular)
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funded,
past participle, past
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funding
present participle
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to provide a fund to pay the interest or principal of (a debt).
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to convert (general outstanding debts) into a more or less permanent debt, represented by interest-bearing bonds.
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to allocate or provide funds for (a program, project, etc.).
noun
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a reserve of money, etc, set aside for a certain purpose
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a supply or store of something; stock
it exhausted his fund of wisdom
verb
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to furnish money to in the form of a fund
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to place or store up in a fund
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to convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt bearing fixed interest and represented by bonds
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to provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest of
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to accumulate a fund for the discharge of (a recurrent liability)
to fund a pension plan
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to invest (money) in government securities See also funds
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
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fundernoun
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overfundnoun
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underfundingnoun
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overfundverb (used with object)
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prefundverb (used with object)
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underfundverb (used with object)
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nonfundedadjective
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underfundedadjective
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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fundsimple
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fundssimple
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have fundedperfect
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has fundedperfect
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am fundingprogressive
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are fundingprogressive
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is fundingprogressive
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have been fundingperfect progressive
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has been fundingperfect progressive
Past
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fundedsimple
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had fundedperfect
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was fundingprogressive
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were fundingprogressive
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had been fundingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of fund
First recorded in 1670–80; from Latin fundus “bottom, estate”; replacing fond 2 in most of its senses
Explanation
A fund is a supply of money to be used for a specific purpose. You can start a fund for almost anything, such as your child’s education, a new car, or the establishment of the world’s largest origami collection. Fund can be used as a verb meaning “provide funds for something.” If you’re unable to save up the money to start your origami collection, you might ask a friend to fund it. (We predict she’ll say no.) An organization that raises money for a particular, often charitable, purpose can also be called a fund. We doubt an origami collection warrants its own fund, but there's no harm in trying.
Vocabulary lists containing fund
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The disclosures were included in the mandatory end-of-quarter 13F filings provided by the San Francisco-headquartered fund, and the heavy concentration in just two companies, in closely-related sectors raises uncomfortable questions about risk management practices.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
The top 30 after that event will progress to the season-ending Tour Championship at East Lake in Atlanta which has a $40m prize fund.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
At a time when the BOE was trying to tighten monetary policy, it intervened in a way that stopped the pension fund selling spiral and stabilized gilts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
The trust fund fight began in June, when Reiner first petitioned for the money in probate court.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
He knew instinctively that the longer he waited, the more swollen the prize fund would become.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
Investors in Aschenbrenner’s funds were not the only casualty of July’s volatility.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
The dot plot was promising markets a zero funds rate all the way out to year-end 2023.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Investment pros say AI disruption has created a stock picker’s market, but such funds are performing as poorly as ever.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Promising a low funds rate with forward guidance was one strategy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Anderson used his power to earmark municipal funds to clean up the Black Belt’s crumbling sewers and streets.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
The National Gun BuyBack Scheme is being jointly funded by New South Wales and the federal government.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
The research was funded by the Medical Research Council and Wellcome.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
Only 9% of private-sector workers, or more than 11.3 million, have a traditional pension funded by their employers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Disclosure: Baylor University and Fox News have been financial supporters of The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that is funded in part by donations from members, foundations and corporate sponsors.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
Rahim Khan told me Baba had personally funded the entire project, paying for the engineers, electricians, plumbers, and laborers, not to mention the city officials whose “mustaches needed oiling.”
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
The state is reluctant to fill the void left by federal funding after a series of bankruptcies and cancellations left only one truck maker and one bus maker selling hydrogen vehicles in North America.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
The city and state have committed unprecedented levels of funding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
With its 20 hydrogen buses on the roads, Santa Cruz Metro is committed to the technology, he said, but the funding landscape has changed drastically.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Australian authorities had initially planned a nationwide gun buyback, though plans have been delayed over funding and how it would be implemented.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
By then, the funding for the sixty-inch cyclotron was running perilously short.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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