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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.).
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fund (fʌnd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 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 | |
| —n | |
| funds (fʌndz) | |
| —pl n | |
| 1. | money that is readily available |
| 2. | British government securities representing national debt |
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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
1776, from the noun. Related: Funded; funding. Funds "money at one's disposal" is from 1728. Fund-raiser (also fundraiser) first attested 1957.
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Example sentences
Second, healthcare venture funds that survived the crash had full portfolios of companies burning cash at alarming rates.
Among money-market mutual funds, which invest in short-term debt and other instruments, it is the other way round.
It said the funds made an annual return of eighty-eight per cent, which means they almost doubled their money every year.
Interestingly, they don't say how the extra funds would be spent.
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