Definitions for FUND
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. fund, monetary fundnoun

   a reserve of money set aside for some purpose

2. store, stock, fundnoun

   a supply of something available for future use

   "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars"

3. investment company, investment trust, investment firm, fundverb

   a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies

4. fundverb

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

5. fundverb

   place or store up in a fund for accumulation

6. fundverb

   provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest

7. fundverb

   invest money in government securities

8. fundverb

   accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability

   "fund a medical care plan"

9. fundverb

   furnish money for

   "The government funds basic research in many areas"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. fundnoun

   A sum or source of money

2. fundnoun

   An organization managing such money

3. fundnoun

   A money-management operation, such as a mutual fund

   Several major funds were declared insolvent recently.

4. fundnoun

   A large supply of something to be drawn upon.

   He drew on his immense fund of knowledge.

5. fundverb

   To pay for.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fundnoun

   Etymology: fond, French; funda, a bag, Latin.

   1. Stock; capital; that by which any expence is supported.

   He touches the passions more delicately than Ovid, and performs all this out of his own fund, without diving into the arts and sciences for a supply. Dryden.

   Part must be left, a fund when foes invade,
   And part employ’d to roll the watry tide. Dryden.

   In preaching, no men succeed better than those who trust entirely to the stock or fund of their own reason, advanced indeed, but not overlaid by commerce with books. Jonathan Swift.

   2. Stock or bank of money.

   As my estate has been hitherto either tost upon seas, or fluctuating in funds, it is now fixed in substantial acres. Add.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fund

   The International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1992, often referred to as FUND92 or FUND, is an international maritime treaty, administered by the International Maritime Organization. The original FUND convention in 1969 was drawn up as an enhancement to CLC meant on one hand to relieve shipowners from unfair liabilities due to unforeseeable circumstances and on the other hand remove liability caps that some member states thought were too low. The fund is obliged to pay victims of pollution when damages exceed the shipowner's liability, when there is no liable shipowner, or when the shipowner is unable to pay its liability. The fund is also required to "indemnify the shipowner or his insurer" in spills where a ship is in full compliance with international conventions, and no wilful misconduct caused the spill.The 1992 convention came into force on 30 May 2006. As of November 2018, the convention had been ratified by 115 states representing 95 per cent of the gross tonnage of the world's merchant fleet. The Bolivian, North Korean, Honduran, Lebanese, and, Mongolian flags of convenience have not ratified the treaty.

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1. fund

   A fund refers to a sum of money or other resources set aside for a specific purpose, which can be used in various sectors such as investment, finance, and fundraising. They are usually managed by professionals where they pool money from various investors to collectively buy stocks, bonds, or other securities according to the fund's goals. It can also refer to a savings or reserve, like a rainy-day fund or a scholarship fund.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fundnoun

   an aggregation or deposit of resources from which supplies are or may be drawn for carrying on any work, or for maintaining existence

2. Fundnoun

   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. Fundnoun

   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. Fundnoun

   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. Fundnoun

   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. Fundverb

   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. Fundverb

   to place in a fund, as money

8. Fundverb

   to put into the form of bonds or stocks bearing regular interest; as, to fund the floating debt

9. Etymology: [OF. font, fond, nom. fonz, bottom, ground, F. fond bottom, foundation, fonds fund, fr. L. fundus bottom, ground, foundation, piece of land. See Found to establish.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fund

   fund, n. a sum of money on which some enterprise is founded or expense supported: a supply or source of money: a store laid up: supply: (pl.) permanent debts due by a government and paying interest.—v.t. to form a debt into a stock charged with interest: to place money in a fund.—adj. Fund′able, capable of being converted into a fund or into bonds.—p.adj. Fund′ed, invested in public funds: existing in the form of bonds.—n. Fund′hold′er, one who has money in the public funds.—adj. Fund′less, destitute of supplies or money. [Fr. fond—L. fundus, the bottom.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fund

   There are several kinds of funds in the U. S. service, viz.: post fund, which is constituted by the troops baking their own bread and thereby saving 331⁄3 per cent., the difference between bread and flour; the post trader also pays an assessment of 10 cents a month for every officer and soldier in the garrison, which is carried to the credit of the fund. This fund is used to defray expenses of the post bakery, garden, school, library and reading-room, chapel, printing-press, etc. Fifty per cent. of the post fund, after deducting expenses of the bakery, is set aside and transferred to the regimental treasurer; this constitutes a regimental fund, which is appropriated exclusively for the maintenance of a band, and, when a regiment does not have access to a post library, for the purchase of books and papers. The savings arising from an economical use of rations of the company (excepting the savings of flour) constitute the company fund, which is kept in the hands of the company commander, and disbursed by him exclusively for the benefit of the enlisted men of the company, as follows: For enlisted men’s mess, for garden seeds and utensils, for purchase of books, papers, etc., when the company does not have access to a post library or reading-room, and for such exercise and amusements as may be, in the judgment of the commanding officer, for the benefit or comfort of the enlisted men of the company.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fund

   A sum or source of money.

   They both created a fund for their future life together.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on December 30, 2019  

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1. FUND

   What does FUND stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the FUND acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. FUND

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Fund is ranked #79075 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Fund surname appeared 241 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Fund.
   
   95% or 229 total occurrences were White.
   2.4% or 6 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Accumulate
   • Accumulation
   • Collect
   • Finance
   • Invest
   • Provide
   • Support

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'FUND' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1995

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'FUND' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1343

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'FUND' in Nouns Frequency: #376

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'FUND' in Verbs Frequency: #625

How to pronounce FUND?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say FUND in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of FUND in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of FUND in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of FUND in a Sentence

1. Todd Rosenbluth:

   The fund has had relatively strong performance this year compared to Lipper peers and the Barclays Aggregate index, which we think combined with broader management resources has helped the asset base stabilize.

2. Bill Gates:

   Private companies will ultimately develop these energy breakthroughs, but their work will rely on the kind of basic research that only governments can fund.

3. Tao Wang:

   They are lending more to fund infrastructure projects, and some may be done by SOEs where leverage is increasing as a result, prices are declining and revenue is slowing, and in this environment you cannot force too quick a deleverage – that would lead to a hard landing.

4. President Trump:

   Many reports of peaceful protests by Iranian citizens fed up with regime's corruption its squandering of the nation's wealth to fund terrorism abroad.

5. Kate Brown:

   As a state, we have a duty to aid those in need, particularly Oregonians who suffer from systemic racism and are disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, the Oregon Cares Fund has been an enormous success, and has provided urgent relief to Black Oregonians, Black-led nonprofits, and Black-owned businesses, which are less likely to have access to federal aid.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=FUND
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fund
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=FUND
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fund
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/FUND
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=FUND
8. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html