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fund
[ fuhnd ]
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.).
fund
/ fʌnd /
noun
- a reserve of money, etc, set aside for a certain purpose
- a supply or store of something; stock
it exhausted his fund of wisdom
verb
- 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 securities See also funds
Derived Forms
- ˈfunder, noun
Other Words From
- non·funded adjective
- over·fund noun
- over·fund verb (used with object)
- pre·fund verb (used with object)
- under·fund verb (used with object)
- under·funded adjective
- under·funding noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of fund1
Example Sentences
Crista Galli Ventures, a new early-stage health tech fund in Europe, officially launched last week.
Thus far, its funds have primarily come from grants and bootstrapping.
They’re starting a new fund together now, though, to stay involved as cofounders of more startups.
Eventually, a larger minority-owned business bought them out, resulting in a win for the business, the fund, and the Detroit community.
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.
Rebels in Africa trade in children to fund their conflicts and obtain child soldiers.
And from there, the letter asked for money for a legal defense fund.
In fact, as attendees noted to The Daily Beast, legislators go to ALEC to find ways to fund their campaigns.
Not to mention the revenue that will be generated by this, which then can be used to fund education and health care.
Gold continues to fund several armed groups as it is easily smuggled.
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 affluence he came to want, and in his old age a fund was raised sufficient to purchase him an annuity of £600 a year.
(d) Excess balances may, at the convenience of each federal reserve bank, remain deposited with the gold settlement fund.
We should raise a goodly sum of money this winter toward the building fund.
For, to do this is to reduce its assets or fund for paying its indebtedness, which the law will not permit to be done.
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