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Fund

//ˈfʌnd// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A sum or source of money.

    "the fund of a bank, commercial house, manufacturing corporation, etc."

  2. 2
    a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies wordnet
  3. 3
    An organization managing such money.
  4. 4
    a reserve of money set aside for some purpose wordnet
  5. 5
    A money-management operation, such as a mutual fund.

    "Several major funds were declared insolvent recently."

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  1. 6
    a supply of something available for future use wordnet
  2. 7
    A large supply of something to be drawn upon.

    "He drew on his immense fund of knowledge."

Verb
  1. 1
    To pay or provide money for. transitive

    "He used his inheritance to fund his gambling addiction."

  2. 2
    furnish money for wordnet
  3. 3
    To place (money) in a fund. transitive
  4. 4
    accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability wordnet
  5. 5
    To form a debt into a stock charged with interest. transitive
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  1. 6
    invest money in government securities wordnet
  2. 7
    provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest wordnet
  3. 8
    place or store up in a fund for accumulation wordnet
  4. 9
    convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

PIE word *bʰudʰmḗn Borrowed from Latin fundus. Doublet of fond and fundus.

Etymology 2

PIE word *bʰudʰmḗn Borrowed from Latin fundus. Doublet of fond and fundus.

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