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Definition of 'Fund' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) fund
a supply of money or monetary resources, as for some purpose.

2.  fund
supply; stock:
a fund of knowledge.

3.  fund
funds, money immediately available; pecuniary resources.

4.  fund
an organization created to manage the resources of a monetary fund.

5. (v.t.) fund
to allocate or provide funds for (a program, project, etc.).

6.  fund
to provide a fund to pay the interest or principal of (a debt).

Etymology:  (1670–80; < L fundus bottom, foundation)

Definition of 'Fund' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) fund, monetary fund
a reserve of money set aside for some purpose

2. (noun) store, stock, fund
a supply of something available for future use
"he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars"

3. (verb) investment company, investment trust, investment firm, fund
a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies

4. (verb) fund
convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds

5. (verb) fund
place or store up in a fund for accumulation

6. (verb) fund
provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest

7. (verb) fund
invest money in government securities

8. (verb) fund
accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability
"fund a medical care plan"

9. (verb) fund
furnish money for
"The government funds basic research in many areas"


Definition of 'Fund' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) fund
an amount of money that will be used to pay for sth
The money will be put into your college fund.; investment/pension funds

2.  fund
raise funds
to ask people to give money
How long will it take to raise the funds?

3. (verb) fund
to pay for
Who will fund the project?; government-funded programs


Definition of 'Fund' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Fund
an aggregation or deposit of resources from which supplies are or may be drawn for carrying on any work, or for maintaining existence

2. (noun) Fund
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

3. (noun) Fund
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

4. (noun) Fund
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

5. (noun) Fund
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

6. (verb) Fund
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

7. (verb) Fund
to place in a fund, as money

8. (verb) Fund
to put into the form of bonds or stocks bearing regular interest; as, to fund the floating debt


Translation of 'Fund' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a sum of money for a special purpose
Have you given money to the repair fund?

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: fonds Arabic flag Arabic: إعْتِماد مالي، مبلَغ مالي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: фонд
Brazilian flag Brazilian: fundo Czech flag Czech: fond German flag German: das Kapital
Danish flag Danish: fond Greek flag Greek: ταμείο Spanish flag Spanish: fondo
Estonian flag Estonian: fond Farsi flag Farsi: بودجه Finnish flag Finnish: rahasto
French flag French: fonds Hebrew flag Hebrew: קֶרֶן Hindi flag Hindi: निधि, पूंजी
Croatian flag Croatian: fond, zaklada Hungarian flag Hungarian: anyagi alap Indonesian flag Indonesian: dana
Icelandic flag Icelandic: sjóður Italian flag Italian: fondo Japanese flag Japanese: 基金
Korean flag Korean: 자금 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: fondas Latvian flag Latvian: fonds
Malay flag Malay: dana Dutch flag Dutch: fonds Norwegian flag Norwegian: fond, midler, kapital
Polish flag Polish: fundusz Persian flag Persian: بودجه Pashto flag Pashto: وجه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: fundo Romanian flag Romanian: fond Russian flag Russian: фонд
Slovak flag Slovak: fond Slovenian flag Slovenian: sklad Serbian flag Serbian: fond
Swedish flag Swedish: fond, insamling Thai flag Thai: กองทุนสำหรับวัตถุประสงค์เ Turkish flag Turkish: fon,ödenek, tahsisat
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 專款,基金 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: фонд Urdu flag Urdu: کسی خاص مقصد کے لۓ رکھی گ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: quĩ Chinese flag Chinese: 专款,基金

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