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fund

  [fuhnd]
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–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.).
Origin:
1670–80; < L fundus bottom, estate; r. fond 2 in most of its meanings

Synonyms:
2. store, reservoir, fount, mine, hoard.
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fund   (fŭnd)   
n.  
  1. A source of supply; a stock: a fund of goodwill.
    1. A sum of money or other resources set aside for a specific purpose: a pension fund.
    2. funds Available money; ready cash: short on funds.
  3. funds The stock of the British permanent national debt, considered as public securities. Used with the.
  4. An organization established to administer and manage a sum of money.
tr.v.   fund·ed, fund·ing, funds
  1. To provide money for paying off the interest or principal of (a debt).
  2. To convert into a long-term or floating debt with fixed interest payments.
  3. To place in a fund for accumulation.
  4. To furnish a fund for: funded the space program.

[Latin fundus, bottom, piece of land.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Funding

Fund"ing\, a. 1. Providing a fund for the payment of the interest or principal of a debt.

2. Investing in the public funds.

Funding system, a system or scheme of finance or revenue by which provision is made for paying the interest or principal of a public debt.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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