| fund (fʌnd) | |
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| 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 |
| —vb | |
| 3. | to furnish money to in the form of a fund |
| 4. | to place or store up in a fund |
| 5. | to convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt bearing fixed interest and represented by bonds |
| 6. | to provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest of |
| 7. | to accumulate a fund for the discharge of (a recurrent liability): to fund a pension plan |
| 8. | See also funds to invest (money) in government securities |
| [C17: from Latin fundus the bottom, piece of land, estate; compare | |
| 'funder | |
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |