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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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un·der·fund   (ŭn'dər-fŭnd')   
tr.v.   un·der·fund·ed, un·der·fund·ing, un·der·funds
To provide insufficient funding for.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Financial Dictionary

fund

See mutual fund.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: fund
Function: transitive verb
1 a : to make provision of resources for discharging the principal or interest of b : to provide financial resources for
2 : to place in a fund
3 : to convert into a debt that is payable either at a distant date or at no definite date and that bears a fixed interest
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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