Nearby Words
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.
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)
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.).
:10
:09
:08
:07
:06
:05
:04
:03
:02
:01
Funded
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
Related forms
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)
EXPANDSynonyms
2. store, reservoir, fount, mine, hoard.
2. store, reservoir, fount, mine, hoard.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To funded
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
fund
1660s, 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 from
EXPAND1776, from the noun. Related: Funded; funding. Funds "money at one's disposal" is from 1728. Fund-raiser (also fundraiser) first attested 1957.
COLLAPSE
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Word Dynamo By Dictionary.com
Matching Quote
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.