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fund 
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Audio Help [fuhnd] Pronunciation Key –noun
–verb (used with object)
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 5. | to provide a fund to pay the interest or principal of (a debt). |
| 6. | to convert (general outstanding debts) into a more or less permanent debt, represented by interest-bearing bonds. |
| 7. | to allocate or provide funds for (a program, project, etc.). |
—Synonyms 2. store, reservoir, fount, mine, hoard.
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n.
tr.v. fund·ed, fund·ing, funds
[Latin fundus, bottom, piece of land.] |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
fund (n.)
1664, from Fr. fond "a bottom, floor, ground," also "a merchant's basic stock or capital," from L. fundus "bottom, piece of land," from PIE base *bhu(n)d-, cognate with Skt. budhnah, Gk. pythmen "foundation, bottom," O.E. botm "lowest part" (see bottom). The verb is 1776, from the noun. Funds "money at one's disposal" is from 1728. Fund-raiser first attested 1957.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| fund | |
noun | |
| 1. | a reserve of money set aside for some purpose |
| 2. | a supply of something available for future use; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars" [syn: store] |
| 3. | a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies [syn: investment company] |
verb | |
| 1. | convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds |
| 2. | place or store up in a fund for accumulation |
| 3. | provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest |
| 4. | invest money in government securities |
| 5. | accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability; "fund a medical care plan" |
| 6. | furnish money for; "The government funds basic research in many areas" |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
fund1 [fand] noun
a sum of money for a special purpose
Example: Have you given money to the repair fund?
fund2 [fand] nounExample: Have you given money to the repair fund?
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a store or supply
Example: He has a fund of funny stories.
See also: fundsExample: He has a fund of funny stories.
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version), © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
fund
- See mutual fund.
| Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms for Today's Investor by David L. Scott. Copyright © 2003 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
Main Entry: fund
Function: noun
1 : a sum of money or other resources whose principal or interest is set aside for a specific objective
cli·ent security fund
: a fund established by each state to compensate clients for losses suffered due to their attorneys' misappropriation of funds
common trust fund
: an in-house trust fund established by a bank trust department to pool the assets of many small trusts for greater diversification in investing
executor fund
: a fund established in estate planning to provide for the payment of final expenses by an executor
joint wel·fare fund
: a fund that is established by collective bargaining to provide health and welfare benefits to employees and that is jointly administered by representatives of labor and management
paid–in fund
: a reserve cash fund in lieu of a capital stock account set up by mutual insurance companies to cover unforeseen losses
sink·ing fund
: a fund set up and accumulated by regular deposits for paying off the principal on a debt or for other specified purposes (as self-insurance)
strike fund
: a fund accumulated by a union through special assessments or from general funds and used to pay striking workers or for other strike-related activities
Taft–Hart·ley fund
/'taft-'härt-lE-/
Etymology: after the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947, which established it
: JOINT WELFARE FUND in this entry
trust fund
: property (as money or securities) settled or held in a trust
2 : an organization administering a special fund
growth fund
: a mutual fund that invests in the stock of growth companies
hedge fund
: an investing group usually in the form of a limited partnership that employs speculative techniques in the hope of obtaining large capital gains
index fund
: a mutual fund that invests to reflect the composition of the market as a whole by matching its investments to a stock index
mu·tu·al fund
: an investment company that invests its shareholders' money in a usually diversified group of securities of other companies
vul·ture fund
: an investment company that buys up bankrupt or insolvent companies with the goal of reorganizing them so they can be profitably resold as going concerns
| Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc. |
Main Entry: fund
Function: transitive verb
1 a : to make provision of resources for discharging the principal or interest of b : to provide financial
resources for
2 : to place in a fund
3 : to convert into a debt that is payable either at a distant date or at no definite date and that bears a fixed interest
| Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc. |
Fund
Bot"tom\ (b[o^]t"t[u^]m), n. [OE. botum, botme, AS. botm; akin to OS. bodom, D. bodem, OHG. podam, G. boden, Icel. botn, Sw. botten, Dan. bund (for budn), L. fundus (for fudnus), Gr. pyqmh`n (for fyqmh`n), Skr. budhna (for bhudhna), and Ir. bonn sole of the foot, W. bon stem, base. [root]257. Cf. 4th Found, Fund, n.]1. The lowest part of anything; the foot; as, the bottom of a tree or well; the bottom of a hill, a lane, or a page. Or dive into the bottom of the deep. --Shak. 2. The part of anything which is beneath the contents and supports them, as the part of a chair on which a person sits, the circular base or lower head of a cask or tub, or the plank floor of a ship's hold; the under surface. Barrels with the bottom knocked out. --Macaulay. No two chairs were alike; such high backs and low backs and leather bottoms and worsted bottoms. --W. Irving. 3. That upon which anything rests or is founded, in a literal or a figurative sense; foundation; groundwork. 4. The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, sea. 5. The fundament; the buttocks. 6. An abyss. [Obs.] --Dryden. 7. Low land formed by alluvial deposits along a river; low-lying ground; a dale; a valley. "The bottoms and the high grounds." --Stoddard. 8. (Naut.) The part of a ship which is ordinarily under water; hence, the vessel itself; a ship. My ventures are not in one bottom trusted. --Shak. Not to sell the teas, but to return them to London in the same bottoms in which they were shipped. --Bancroft. Full bottom, a hull of such shape as permits carrying a large amount of merchandise. 9. Power of endurance; as, a horse of a good bottom. 10. Dregs or grounds; lees; sediment. --Johnson. At bottom, At the bottom, at the foundation or basis; in reality. "He was at the bottom a good man." --J. F. Cooper. To be at the bottom of, to be the cause or originator of; to be the source of. [Usually in an opprobrious sense.] --J. H. Newman. He was at the bottom of many excellent counsels. --Addison. To go to the bottom, to sink; esp. to be wrecked. To touch bottom, to reach the lowest point; to find something on which to rest.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Fund
Found\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Founded; p. pr. & vb. n. Founding.] [F. fonder, L. fundare, fr. fundus bottom. See 1st Bottom, and cf. Founder, v. i., Fund.]1. To lay the basis of; to set, or place, as on something solid, for support; to ground; to establish upon a basis, literal or figurative; to fix firmly. I had else been perfect, Whole as the marble, founded as the rock. --Shak. A man that all his time Hath founded his good fortunes on your love. --Shak. It fell not, for it was founded on a rock. --Matt. vii. 25. 2. To take the ffirst steps or measures in erecting or building up; to furnish the materials for beginning; to begin to raise; to originate; as, to found a college; to found a family. There they shall found Their government, and their great senate choose. --Milton. Syn: To base; ground; institute; establish; fix. See Predicate.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Fund
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.]1. An aggregation or deposit of resources from which supplies are or may be drawn for carrying on any work, or for maintaining existence. 2. 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. 3. pl. 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. 4. 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. 5. 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. An inexhaustible fund of stories. --Macaulay. Sinking fund, the aggregate of sums of money set apart and invested, usually at fixed intervals, for the extinguishment of the debt of a government, or of a corporation, by the accumulation of interest.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Fund
Fund\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Funded; p. pr. & vb. n. Funding.]1. 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. 2. To place in a fund, as money. 3. To put into the form of bonds or stocks bearing regular interest; as, to fund the floating debt.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Fund
Fun"da*ment\, n. [OE. fundament, fundement, fondement, OF. fundement, fondement, F. fondement, fr. L. fundamentum foundation, fr. fundare to lay the bottom, to found, fr. fundus bottom. See Fund.]1. Foundation. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. The part of the body on which one sits; the buttocks; specifically (Anat.), the anus. --Hume.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Fund
Fond\, n. [F., fr. L. fundus. See Fund.] [Obs., or used as a French word]1. Foundation; bottom; groundwork; specif.: (a) (Lace Making) The ground. (b) (Cookery) The broth or juice from braised flesh or fish, usually served as a sauce. 2. Fund, stock, or store.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Fund
Pub"lic\, a. [L. publicus, poblicus, fr. populus people: cf. F. public. See People.]1. Of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; -- opposed to private; as, the public treasury. To the public good Private respects must yield. --Milton. He [Alexander Hamilton] touched the dead corpse of the public credit, and it sprung upon its feet. --D. Webster. 2. Open to the knowledge or view of all; general; common; notorious; as, public report; public scandal. Joseph, . . . not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily. --Matt. i. 19. 3. Open to common or general use; as, a public road; a public house. "The public street." --Shak. Public act or statute (Law), an act or statute affecting matters of public concern. Of such statutes the courts take judicial notice. Public credit. See under Credit. Public funds. See Fund, 3. Public house, an inn, or house of entertainment. Public law. (a) See International law, under International. (b) A public act or statute. Public nuisance. (Law) See under Nuisance. Public orator. (Eng. Universities) See Orator, 3. Public stores, military and naval stores, equipments, etc. Public works, all fixed works built by civil engineers for public use, as railways, docks, canals, etc.; but strictly, military and civil engineering works constructed at the public cost.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Fund
Sink"ing\, a. & n. from Sink. Sinking fund. See under Fund. Sinking head (Founding), a riser from which the mold is fed as the casting shrinks. See Riser, n., 4. Sinking pump, a pump which can be lowered in a well or a mine shaft as the level of the water sinks.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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