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funded, ppl. a.|ˈfʌndɪd|
[f. fund v. + -ed1.]
1. a. Of a debt or stock: That has been made part of the permanent debt of the state, with provision for the regular payment of interest at a fixed rate.
1776Adam Smith W.N. v. iii. (1869) II. 522 The publick debts of Great Britain funded and unfunded. 1797Monthly Mag. III. 199 Besides the said four funded stocks, a national bank is established at Philadelphia. 1820Syd. Smith Plymley's Lett. Wks. 1859 II. 166/2 Ireland now supports a funded debt of about 64 millions. 1866Crump Banking ix. 183 The permanent debt due to the Bank..which was included in the national debt accounts as funded debt.
b. Of property: Invested in ‘the funds’.
1848Mill Pol. Econ. Prelim. Remarks I. 9 Funded property therefore cannot be counted as part of the national wealth. 1858Ld. St. Leonards Handy-bk. Prop. Law xx. 152 In bequeathing your stock, give it generally, as all your funded property.
2. Stored up. Cf. fund v. 2.
1841–4Emerson Ess., Manners Wks. (Bohn) I. 208 The class of power, the working heroes..see that..fashion is funded talent. 1888T. W. Higginson Women & Men xv. 77 The traditions and habits of society are to a great extent what might be called funded and accumulated good feeling. |