| Definitions of 'Fund' |
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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"
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| Definitions of 'Fund' |
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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
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