Definitions for FUNDfʌnd
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
fundfʌnd(n.)
a supply of money or monetary resources, as for some purpose.
supply; stock:
a fund of knowledge.
funds, money immediately available; pecuniary resources.
an organization created to manage the resources of a monetary fund.
Category: Business
(v.t.)to allocate or provide funds for (a program, project, etc.).
Category: Common Vocabulary
to provide a fund to pay the interest or principal of (a debt).
Category: Business
Origin of fund:
1670–80; < L fundus bottom, foundation
Princeton's WordNet
fund, monetary fund(noun)
a reserve of money set aside for some purpose
store, stock, fund(noun)
a supply of something available for future use
"he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars"
investment company, investment trust, investment firm, fund(verb)
a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies
fund(verb)
convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds
fund(verb)
place or store up in a fund for accumulation
fund(verb)
provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest
fund(verb)
invest money in government securities
fund(verb)
accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability
"fund a medical care plan"
fund(verb)
furnish money for
"The government funds basic research in many areas"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
fund(noun)ʌnd
an amount of money that will be used to pay for sth
The money will be put into your college fund.; investment/pension funds
fundʌnd
to ask people to give money
How long will it take to raise the funds?
fund(verb)ʌnd
to pay for
Who will fund the project?; government-funded programs
Wiktionary
fund(Noun)
A sum or source of money
fund(Noun)
An organization managing such money
fund(Noun)
A money-management operation, such as a mutual fund
Several major funds were declared insolvent recently.
fund(Noun)
A large supply of something to be drawn upon.
He drew on his immense fund of knowledge.
fund(Verb)
To pay for.
Webster Dictionary
Fund(noun)
an aggregation or deposit of resources from which supplies are or may be drawn for carrying on any work, or for maintaining existence
Fund(noun)
a stock or capital; a sum of money appropriated as the foundation of some commercial or other operation undertaken with a view to profit; that reserve by means of which expenses and credit are supported; as, the fund of a bank, commercial house, manufacturing corporation, etc
Fund(noun)
the stock of a national debt; public securities; evidences (stocks or bonds) of money lent to government, for which interest is paid at prescribed intervals; -- called also public funds
Fund(noun)
an invested sum, whose income is devoted to a specific object; as, the fund of an ecclesiastical society; a fund for the maintenance of lectures or poor students; also, money systematically collected to meet the expenses of some permanent object
Fund(noun)
a store laid up, from which one may draw at pleasure; a supply; a full provision of resources; as, a fund of wisdom or good sense
Fund(verb)
to provide and appropriate a fund or permanent revenue for the payment of the interest of; to make permanent provision of resources (as by a pledge of revenue from customs) for discharging the interest of or principal of; as, to fund government notes
Fund(verb)
to place in a fund, as money
Fund(verb)
to put into the form of bonds or stocks bearing regular interest; as, to fund the floating debt
Translations for FUND
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- fondsAfrikaans

- إعْتِماد مالي، مبلَغ مالي لهدف مُعَيَّنArabic

- фондBulgarian

- fundoPortuguese (BR)

- fondCzech

- das KapitalGerman

- fondDanish

- ταμείοGreek

- fondoSpanish

- fondEstonian

- بودجهFarsi

- rahastoFinnish

- fondsFrench

- קֶרֶןHebrew

- निधि, पूंजीHindi

- fond, zakladaCroatian

- anyagi alapHungarian

- danaIndonesian

- sjóðurIcelandic

- fondoItalian

- 基金Japanese

- 자금Korean

- fondasLithuanian

- fondsLatvian

- danaMalay

- fondsDutch

- fond, midler, kapitalNorwegian

- funduszPolish

- بودجهPersian

- وجهPashto

- fundoPortuguese

- fondRomanian

- фондRussian

- fondSlovak

- skladSlovenian

- fondSerbian

- fond, insamlingSwedish

- กองทุนสำหรับวัตถุประสงค์เฉพาะThai

- fon,ödenek, tahsisatTurkish

- 專款,基金Chinese (Trad.)

- фондUkrainian

- کسی خاص مقصد کے لۓ رکھی گئی رقمUrdu

- quĩVietnamese

- 专款,基金Chinese (Simp.)

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