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fund
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun fund has 3 senses
- fund(n = noun.possession) monetary fund - a reserve of money set aside for some purpose; Array has particulars: mutual fund, revolving fund, sinking fund, nest egg, savings, pension fund, superannuation fund, war chest, slush fund, trust fund, bank deposit, deposit, budget, petty cash
- fund(n = noun.possession) stock, store - a supply of something available for future use; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars" has particulars: base, infrastructure, cache, hoard, stash, provision, government issue, issue, military issue, seed stock
- fund(n = noun.group) investment company, investment firm, investment trust - a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies; Array has particulars: hedge fund, hedgefund, mutual fund, mutual fund company, open-end fund, open-end investment company, closed-end fund, closed-end investment company, face-amount certificate company, real estate investment trust, reit, unit investment trust, unit trust, fixed investment trust, nondiscretionary trust
is a kind of money
Derived forms verb fund6, verb fund2
is a kind of accumulation
is a kind of nondepository financial institution
Derived forms verb fund4, verb fund3
Verb fund has 6 senses
- fund(v = verb.possession) Array - convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds; Array is one way to finance
- fund(v = verb.possession) Array - place or store up in a fund for accumulation; Array is one way to accumulate, amass, collect, compile, hoard, pile up, roll up
- fund(v = verb.possession) Array - provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest; Array is one way to furnish, provide, render, supply
- fund(v = verb.possession) Array - invest money in government securities; Array is one way to commit, invest, place, put
- fund(v = verb.possession) Array - accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability; "fund a medical care plan" is one way to accumulate, amass, collect, compile, hoard, pile up, roll up
- fund(v = verb.possession) Array - furnish money for; "The government funds basic research in many areas" is one way to support
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Derived form noun fund1
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Derived form noun fund3
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Derived form noun fund3
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Derived forms noun fund1, noun funding2, noun funding1
Sample sentence:
They fund him to write the letter
CIDE DICTIONARY
fund, n. [OF. font, fond, nom. fonz, bottom, ground, F. fond bottom, foundation, fonds fund, fr. L. fundus bottom, ground, foundation, piece of land. See Found to establish.].
- An aggregation or deposit of resources from which supplies are or may be drawn for carrying on any work, or for maintaining existence. [1913 Webster]
- A stock or capital; a sum of money appropriated as the foundation of some commercial or other operation undertaken with a view to profit; that reserve by means of which expenses and credit are supported; as, the fund of a bank, commercial house, manufacturing corporation, etc. [1913 Webster]
- The stock of a national debt; public securities; evidences (stocks or bonds) of money lent to government, for which interest is paid at prescribed intervals; -- called also
public funds . [1913 Webster] - An invested sum, whose income is devoted to a specific object; as, the fund of an ecclesiastical society; a fund for the maintenance of lectures or poor students; also, money systematically collected to meet the expenses of some permanent object. [1913 Webster]
- A store laid up, from which one may draw at pleasure; a supply; a full provision of resources; as, a fund of wisdom or good sense. [1913 Webster]"An inexhaustible fund of stories." [1913 Webster]
fund, v. t.
- To provide and appropriate a fund or permanent revenue for the payment of the interest of; to make permanent provision of resources (as by a pledge of revenue from customs) for discharging the interest of or principal of; as, to fund government notes. [1913 Webster]
- To place in a fund, as money. [1913 Webster]
- To put into the form of bonds or stocks bearing regular interest; as, to fund the floating debt. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
fund, n. & v.
--n.
1 a permanent stock of something ready to be drawn upon (a fund of knowledge; a fund of tenderness).
2 a stock of money, esp. one set apart for a purpose.
3 (in pl.) money resources.
4 (in pl.; prec. by the) Brit. the stock of the National Debt (as a mode of investment).
--v.tr.
1 provide with money.
2 convert (a floating debt) into a more or less permanent debt at fixed interest.
3 put into a fund.
--n.
1 a permanent stock of something ready to be drawn upon (a fund of knowledge; a fund of tenderness).
2 a stock of money, esp. one set apart for a purpose.
3 (in pl.) money resources.
4 (in pl.; prec. by the) Brit. the stock of the National Debt (as a mode of investment).
--v.tr.
1 provide with money.
2 convert (a floating debt) into a more or less permanent debt at fixed interest.
3 put into a fund.
Idiom
fund-raiser a person who seeks financial support for a cause, enterprise, etc. fund-raising the seeking of financial support. in funds colloq. having money to spend.
Etymology
L fundus bottom, piece of land
THESAURUS
fund
Festschrift, Swiss bank account, accommodate, acknowledge, afford, afford support, aid, ana, angel, anthology, aquarium, assets, assist, available means, back, balance, bank account, bankroll, bear, bear out, bear the expense, bear up, body, bolster, bolster up, bottom dollar, bread, bucks, budget, buttress, cache, capital, capital gains distribution, capital goods, capital structure, capitalization, capitalize, cash reserves, checking account, chip in, chrestomathy, circulating capital, clothe, collectanea, collection, command of money, compilation, contribute, corpus, crutch, data, defray, defray expenses, donate, dough, endow, endowment, equity capital, exchequer, fill, fill up, finance, finances, find, fixed capital, floating capital, florilegium, foot the bill, funds, furnish, give, give support, go Dutch, grant, green, grist, grubstake, hard cash, help, hold up, holdings, honor a bill, inventory, invest, keep, kitty, lend support, library, life savings, liquid assets, lolly, loot, lucre, maintain, make available, make provision for, means, menagerie, mine, money, moneyed capital, moneys, museum, nest egg, patronize, pay for, pay the bill, pay the bills, pay the piper, pecuniary resources, pelf, pension, pension off, pocket, pool, prepare, present, principal, prop, prop up, property, provide, provide for, purse, raw data, ready, ready money, recruit, redeem, refinance, reinforce, replenish, repository, reserve, reserves, reservoir, resource, resources, savings, savings account, scratch, set up, shore, shore up, sponsor, stake, stand the costs, stock, store, subsidize, substance, subvention, subventionize, supply, support, sustain, treasure, undergird, unregistered bank account, upbear, uphold, upkeep, venture capital, wealth, wherewithal, working capital, yield, zooROGET THESAURUS
fund
Store
N store, stock, fund, mine, vein, lode, quarry, spring, fount, fountain, well, wellspring, milch cow, stock in trade, supply, heap, treasure, reserve, corps de reserve, reserved fund, nest egg, savings, bonne bouche, crop, harvest, mow, vintage, store, accumulation, hoard, rick, stack, lumber, relay, storehouse, storeroom, storecloset, depository, depot, cache, repository, reservatory, repertory, repertorium, promptuary, warehouse, entrepot, magazine, buttery, larder, spence, garner, granary, cannery, safe-deposit vault, stillroom, thesaurus, bank, armory, arsenal, dock, gallery, museum, conservatory, menagery, menagerie, reservoir, cistern, aljibar, tank, pond, mill pond, gasometer, budget, quiver, bandolier, portfolio, coffer, conservation, storing, storage, keep, file (papers), lay in, preserve, Adj, stored, in store, in reserve, in ordinary, spare, supernumerary, adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit.VB store, put by, lay by, set by, stow away, set apart, lay apart, store treasure, hoard treasure, lay up, heap up, put up, garner up, save up, bank, cache, accumulate, amass, hoard, fund, garner, save, reserve, keep back, hold back, husband, husband one's resources, deposit, stow, stack, load, harvest, heap, collect, lay in store Adj, keep, file (papers), lay in, preserve.
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