English Dictionary
Definition of “fund”
fund (fʌnd
)
Definitions
noun
- a reserve of money, etc, set aside for a certain purpose
- a supply or store of something; stock ⇒
it exhausted his fund of wisdom
verb (tr)
- to furnish money to in the form of a fund
- to place or store up in a fund
- to convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt bearing fixed interest and represented by bonds
- to provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest of
- to accumulate a fund for the discharge of (a recurrent liability) ⇒
to fund a pension plan
- to invest (money) in government securities See also funds
Alternative Forms
ˈfunder noun Word Origin
C17: from Latin fundus the bottom, piece of land, estate; compare fond²
Synonyms
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reserve,
trust,
stock,
supply,
store,
collection,
pool,
foundation,
endowment,
tontine,
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store,
stock,
source,
supply,
mine,
reserve,
treasury,
vein,
reservoir,
accumulation,
hoard,
repository,
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finance,
back,
support,
pay for,
promote,
float,
endow,
subsidize,
stake,
capitalize,
provide money for put up the money for
Usage examples
Not many of our officers, KGB or Stasi, are prepared to fund treacherous operations out of their own pockets.
Robert Wilson, THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2002)Between 2006 to 2008 further money will go towards a new Community Infrastructure fund worth £200 million.
Country Life (2004)The last thing AIB needs now is to lose a chief executive with no obvious replacement in the wings," said another fund manager.
Irish Times (2002)Anthony Watson, a senior fund manager with Hermes which has a 24 % stake in the group, has also joined the board.
Glasgow Herald (2001)The crucial problem had not been the drying-up of the supply of foreign singers; management had begun to tap an ample fund of local talent.
Susie Gilbert and Jay Shir, A TALE OF FOUR HOUSES: Opera at Covent Garden, La Scala, Vienna and the Met since 1945 (2003)
