fund
//ˈfʌnd//
Forms
- Plural
- funds
- present (v1)
- fund
- past (v2)
- funded
- past participle (v3)
- funded
- present participle
- funding
- 3rd person singular
- funds
Definitions
1.A sum or source of money.
2.An organization managing such money.
3.A large supply of something to be drawn upon.
- He drew on his immense fund of knowledge.
- He was a most likeable and generous man, a Whitworth Scholar, and possessed of a fund of knowledge which seemed to cover every subject under the sun.
4.A money-management operation, such as a mutual fund.
- Several major funds were declared insolvent recently.
1.To pay or provide money for.
- He used his inheritance to fund his gambling addiction.
2.To form a debt into a stock charged with interest.
3.To place (money) in a fund.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #949
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
PIE word
*bʰudʰmḗn
Borrowed from Latin fundus. Doublet of fond and fundus.