fund

[ fuhnd ]

noun

1. a supply of money or pecuniary resources, as for some purpose:

   a fund for his education;

   a retirement fund.

2. supply; stock:

   a fund of knowledge;

   a fund of jewels.

   Synonyms: hoard, mine, fount, reservoir, store

3. funds, money immediately available; pecuniary resources:

   to be momentarily without funds.

4. an organization created to administer or manage a fund, as of money invested or contributed for some special purpose.

verb (used with object)

1. to provide a fund to pay the interest or principal of (a debt).
2. to convert (general outstanding debts) into a more or less permanent debt, represented by interest-bearing bonds.
3. to allocate or provide funds for (a program, project, etc.).

fund

/ fʌnd /

noun

1. a reserve of money, etc, set aside for a certain purpose
2. a supply or store of something; stock

   it exhausted his fund of wisdom

verb

1. to furnish money to in the form of a fund
2. to place or store up in a fund
3. to convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt bearing fixed interest and represented by bonds
4. to provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest of
5. to accumulate a fund for the discharge of (a recurrent liability)

   to fund a pension plan

6. See funds
   to invest (money) in government securities See also funds

Derived Forms

• ˈfunder, noun

Other Words From

• non·funded adjective
• over·fund noun
• over·fund verb (used with object)
• pre·fund verb (used with object)
• under·fund verb (used with object)
• under·funded adjective
• under·funding noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of fund¹

First recorded in 1670–80; from Latin fundus “bottom, estate”; replacing fond ² in most of its senses

Word History and Origins

Origin of fund¹

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

Example Sentences

Crista Galli Ventures, a new early-stage health tech fund in Europe, officially launched last week.

From TechCrunch

Thus far, its funds have primarily come from grants and bootstrapping.

From TechCrunch

They’re starting a new fund together now, though, to stay involved as cofounders of more startups.

From TechCrunch

Eventually, a larger minority-owned business bought them out, resulting in a win for the business, the fund, and the Detroit community.

From Fortune

Lynne and Marc Benioff have given $1 million to help anchor the fund, as has the foundation of New York philanthropists Elizabeth Elting and Michael Burlant.

From Fortune

Rebels in Africa trade in children to fund their conflicts and obtain child soldiers.

From The Daily Beast

And from there, the letter asked for money for a legal defense fund.

From The Daily Beast

In fact, as attendees noted to The Daily Beast, legislators go to ALEC to find ways to fund their campaigns.

From The Daily Beast

Not to mention the revenue that will be generated by this, which then can be used to fund education and health care.

From The Daily Beast

Gold continues to fund several armed groups as it is easily smuggled.

From The Daily Beast

The presence of a large gold fund was an assurance of the ability to return to specie payments after the close of the war.

From Project Gutenberg

From affluence he came to want, and in his old age a fund was raised sufficient to purchase him an annuity of £600 a year.

From Project Gutenberg

(d) Excess balances may, at the convenience of each federal reserve bank, remain deposited with the gold settlement fund.

From Project Gutenberg

We should raise a goodly sum of money this winter toward the building fund.

From Project Gutenberg

For, to do this is to reduce its assets or fund for paying its indebtedness, which the law will not permit to be done.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• back
• bankroll
• finance
• promote
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