fund
Americannoun
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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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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
- funder noun
- nonfunded adjective
- overfund noun
- prefund verb (used with object)
- underfund verb (used with object)
- underfunded adjective
- underfunding noun
Etymology
Origin of fund
First recorded in 1670–80; from Latin fundus “bottom, estate”; replacing fond 2 in most of its senses
Example Sentences
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Businesswoman Verena Pausder, head of Germany's Start-Up Association, welcomed the fund but said more needed to be done to help German start-ups grow into large firms.
From Barron's
The company, Noto added, is “combining our regulatory strength as a national bank with transparent, fully reserved on-chain technology to provide a safer and more efficient way for partners to move funds.”
From Barron's
The Senate proposal would also extend $10 million in coverage to credit unions, which have long shared similar deposit insurance limits as banks, albeit backstopped by separate funds.
From Barron's
It currently clocks in at $6.4 million — mostly in stocks and a large-cap index fund that follows the S&P 500.
From MarketWatch
For instance, Goldberg noted that delayed drawdown term loans are the biggest piece of CoreWeave’s debt, but those “are largely matched to the specific contracts those facilities are funding.”
From MarketWatch
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