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funding

[fuhnd] Origin

fund

[fuhnd]
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.).

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Funding is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

Origin:
1670–80; < Latin fundus bottom, estate; replacing fond2 in most of its meanings

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)
EXPAND
un·der·fund·ed, adjective
un·der·fund·ing, noun
COLLAPSE


2. store, reservoir, fount, mine, hoard.

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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
EXPAND
1776, from the noun. Related: Funded; funding. Funds "money at one's disposal" is from 1728. Fund-raiser (also fundraiser) first attested 1957.
COLLAPSE
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