'Fund' definitions:
Definition of 'fund'
From: WordNet
noun
A reserve of money set aside for some purpose [syn: fund, monetary fund]
noun
A supply of something available for future use; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars" [syn: store, stock, fund]
noun
A financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies [syn: investment company, investment trust, investment firm, fund]
verb
Convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds
verb
Place or store up in a fund for accumulation
verb
Provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest
verb
Invest money in government securities
verb
Accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability; "fund a medical care plan"
verb
Furnish money for; "The government funds basic research in many areas"
Definition of 'Fund'
From: GCIDE
- Fund \Fund\, n. [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.]
- 1. An aggregation or deposit of resources from which supplies are or may be drawn for carrying on any work, or for maintaining existence. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. pl. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 4. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 5. 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. [1913 Webster]
- An inexhaustible fund of stories. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- Sinking fund, the aggregate of sums of money set apart and invested, usually at fixed intervals, for the extinguishment of the debt of a government, or of a corporation, by the accumulation of interest. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Fund'
From: GCIDE
- Fund \Fund\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Funded; p. pr. & vb. n. Funding.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To place in a fund, as money. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To put into the form of bonds or stocks bearing regular interest; as, to fund the floating debt. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'fund'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accommodate,
- acknowledge,
- afford,
- afford support,
- aid,
- ana,
- angel,
- anthology,
- aquarium,
- assets,
- assist,
- available means,
- back,
- balance,
- bank account,
- bankroll,
- bear,
- bear out,
- bear the expense,
- bear up,
- body,
- bolster,
- bolster up,
- bottom dollar,
- bread,
- bucks,
- budget,
- buttress,
- cache,
- capital,
- capital gains distribution,
- capital goods,
- capital structure,
- capitalization,
- capitalize,
- cash reserves,
- checking account,
- chip in,
- chrestomathy,
- circulating capital,
- clothe,
- collectanea,
- collection,
- command of money,
- compilation,
- contribute,
- corpus,
- crutch,
- data,
- defray,
- defray expenses,
- donate,
- dough,
- endow,
- endowment,
- equity capital,
- exchequer,
- Festschrift,
- fill,
- fill up,
- finance,
- finances,
- find,
- fixed capital,
- floating capital,
- florilegium,
- foot the bill,
- funds,
- furnish,
- give,
- give support,
- go Dutch,
- grant,
- green,
- grist,
- grubstake,
- hard cash,
- help,
- hold up,
- holdings,
- honor a bill,
- inventory,
- invest,
- keep,
- kitty,
- lend support,
- library,
- life savings,
- liquid assets,
- lolly,
- loot,
- lucre,
- maintain,
- make available,
- make provision for,
- means,
- menagerie,
- mine,
- money,
- moneyed capital,
- moneys,
- museum,
- nest egg,
- patronize,
- pay for,
- pay the bill,
- pay the bills,
- pay the piper,
- pecuniary resources,
- pelf,
- pension,
- pension off,
- pocket,
- pool,
- prepare,
- present,
- principal,
- prop,
- prop up,
- property,
- provide,
- provide for,
- purse,
- raw data,
- ready,
- ready money,
- recruit,
- redeem,
- refinance,
- reinforce,
- replenish,
- repository,
- reserve,
- reserves,
- reservoir,
- resource,
- resources,
- savings,
- savings account,
- scratch,
- set up,
- shore,
- shore up,
- sponsor,
- stake,
- stand the costs,
- stock,
- store,
- subsidize,
- substance,
- subvention,
- subventionize,
- supply,
- support,
- sustain,
- Swiss bank account,
- treasure,
- undergird,
- unregistered bank account,
- upbear,
- uphold,
- upkeep,
- venture capital,
- wealth,
- wherewithal,
- working capital,
- yield,
- zoo
Words containing 'Fund'
- Funded,
- Funding,
- funds,
- Fee fund,
- Funding system,
- Hedge fund,
- Imprest fund,
- Public funds,
- Sinking fund,
- Sustentation fund,
- The Consolidated Fund,
- Wages fund,
- endowment fund,
- escrow funds,
- fund raise,
- index fund,
- investment funds,
- matching funds,
- medicaid funds,
- monetary fund,
- mutual fund,
- pension fund,
- reinsurance fund,
- reserve fund,
- retirement fund,
- revolving fund,
- slush fund,
- superannuation fund,
- the public funds,
- theoric fund,
- trust fund,
- exchange traded fund,
- fund-raise,
- international monetary fund,
- mutual fund company,
- closed-end fund,
- fund-raising campaign,
- fund-raising drive,
- fund-raising effort,
- open-end fund,
- self-insurance fund,
- united nations children's fund,
- united nations international children's emergency fund