fund

1 of 3

noun

ˈfənd

: a sum of money or other resources whose principal or interest is set apart for a specific objective

: money on deposit on which checks or drafts can be drawn

—usually used in plural

: capital

funds plural : the stock of the British national debt

—usually used with the

: an available quantity of material or intangible resources : supply

funds plural : available pecuniary resources

: an organization administering a special fund

fund

2 of 3

verb

funded; funding; funds

transitive verb

: to make provision of resources for discharging the interest or principal of

: to provide funds for

a federally funded program

: to place in a fund : accumulate

: to convert into a debt that is payable either at a distant date or at no definite date and that bears a fixed interest

fund a floating debt

funder

ˈfən-dər

noun

fund

3 of 3

abbreviation

fundamental

Example Sentences

Noun The fund was established to aid the poor. All her funds were in a checking account. His funds were getting lower as he continued to look for a job. The comedian had a large fund of jokes. Verb The group funded three new scholarships. Who funds the company pension plan? See More

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The proposal would provide $4,000 raises to teachers, raise the minimum teacher salary from $36,000 to $42,000 a year and create the teacher pay sustainability fund.

Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2022 The city’s general fund budget has been set at $281 million by Mayor Tommy Battle and his administrative staff.

Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 18 Sep. 2022 District 129 entered the budget year with an $83.4 million operating fund balance, which is 174 days worth of reserves, district officials said.

Linda Girardi, Chicago Tribune, 17 Sep. 2022 Billionaire pays a fortune for Miami spread Hedge-fund billionaire Ken Griffin has shattered the Miami price record, shelling out $106.875 million for a waterfront estate.

Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2022 The letters, signed by a group of Utah House Republicans, threatened prosecution for people who provide or fund abortions while an injunction keeps Utah’s trigger law on hold.

Emily Anderson Stern, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Sep. 2022 Imcine’s new Foprocine fund boasts bonus incentive points to films directed by women or titles from community, Indigenous and Black filmmakers.

John Hopewell, Variety, 16 Sep. 2022 This fund, established in 2004, continues the work begun by Carollynn Suplee.

Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun, 16 Sep. 2022 Traders expect the Fed fund rate to peak at about 4.4% next year, from the current range of 2.25% and 2.5%.

Fortune, 15 Sep. 2022

Verb

In one controversy among many, consultants working for FPL used Broken Promises to covertly fund a spoiler candidate in a 2018 Gainesville-area state Senate race, a Herald/Times investigation found.

al, 7 Sep. 2022 Congress has to fund the government in September before the next fiscal year begins Oct. 1.

Anna Edgerton, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2022 If selected to redo the sports arena property, Midway Rising would likely help fund the campaign in support of Measure C.

Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2022 Following the grant submission in September 2022, IDNR will review applications to fund projects in 2023.

Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2022 This project will help fund several affordable housing units in the historic Murray building in Downtown Willimantic.

Melanie Savage, Hartford Courant, 26 Aug. 2022 The state has also relied heavily on private developers to fund public transportation stations and improvements in recent years.

Catherine Carlock, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2022 Since 2015, when the United Nations issued a call to halve per-capita global food loss by 2030, N.G.O.s, overseas-development agencies, and philanthropic foundations have rushed to fund refrigeration projects in the developing world.

Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022 For decades, Bill Kelley, a local fan who had witnessed her historic 1964 return to Columbus, had tried to garner more attention for her heroic flight, even offering to mortgage his house, to fund a statue in her honor.

Lucia Cheng, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Aug. 2022 See More

Legal Definition

fund 1 of 2

noun

: a sum of money or other resources whose principal or interest is set aside for a specific objective

— client security fund

: a fund established by each state to compensate clients for losses suffered due to their attorneys' misappropriation of funds

— common trust fund

: an in-house trust fund established by a bank trust department to pool the assets of many small trusts for greater diversification in investing

— executor fund

: a fund established in estate planning to provide for the payment of final expenses by an executor

— joint welfare fund

: a fund that is established by collective bargaining to provide health and welfare benefits to employees and that is jointly administered by representatives of labor and management

— paid-in fund

: a reserve cash fund in lieu of a capital stock account set up by mutual insurance companies to cover unforeseen losses

— sinking fund

: a fund set up and accumulated by regular deposits for paying off the principal on a debt or for other specified purposes (as self-insurance)

— strike fund

: a fund accumulated by a union through special assessments or from general funds and used to pay striking workers or for other strike-related activities

— Taft-Hartley fund \\ ˈtaft-ˈhärt-lē- \\ after the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947, which established it

: joint welfare fund in this entry

— trust fund

: property (as money or securities) settled or held in a trust

: an organization administering a special fund

— exchange-traded fund

: a fund that is similar to an index fund in tracking a stock index but that is traded on the stock market

— growth fund

: a mutual fund that invests in the stock of growth companies

— hedge fund

: an investing group usually in the form of a limited partnership that employs speculative techniques in the hope of obtaining large capital gains

— index fund

: a mutual fund that invests to reflect the composition of the market as a whole by matching its investments to a stock index

— mutual fund

: an investment company that invests its shareholders' money in a usually diversified group of securities of other companies

— vulture fund

: an investment company that buys up bankrupt or insolvent companies with the goal of reorganizing them so they can be profitably resold as going concerns

fund

2 of 2

transitive verb

: to make provision of resources for discharging the principal or interest of

: to provide financial resources for

: to place in a fund

: to convert into a debt that is payable either at a distant date or at no definite date and that bears a fixed interest

单词	funded
释义	fund 1 of 3 noun ˈfənd 1 a : a sum of money or other resources whose principal or interest is set apart for a specific objective b : money on deposit on which checks or drafts can be drawn —usually used in plural c : capital d funds plural : the stock of the British national debt —usually used with the 2 : an available quantity of material or intangible resources : supply 3 funds plural : available pecuniary resources 4 : an organization administering a special fund fund 2 of 3 verb funded; funding; funds transitive verb 1 a : to make provision of resources for discharging the interest or principal of b : to provide funds for a federally funded program 2 : to place in a fund : accumulate 3 : to convert into a debt that is payable either at a distant date or at no definite date and that bears a fixed interest fund a floating debt funder ˈfən-dər noun fund 3 of 3 abbreviation fundamental Synonyms Noun account budget deposit kitty nest egg pool Verb endow finance subsidize See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Noun The fund was established to aid the poor. All her funds were in a checking account. His funds were getting lower as he continued to look for a job. The comedian had a large fund of jokes. Verb The group funded three new scholarships. Who funds the company pension plan? See More Recent Examples on the Web Noun The proposal would provide $4,000 raises to teachers, raise the minimum teacher salary from $36,000 to $42,000 a year and create the teacher pay sustainability fund. Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2022 The city’s general fund budget has been set at $281 million by Mayor Tommy Battle and his administrative staff. Paul Gattis \| Pgattis@al.com, al, 18 Sep. 2022 District 129 entered the budget year with an $83.4 million operating fund balance, which is 174 days worth of reserves, district officials said. Linda Girardi, Chicago Tribune, 17 Sep. 2022 Billionaire pays a fortune for Miami spread Hedge-fund billionaire Ken Griffin has shattered the Miami price record, shelling out $106.875 million for a waterfront estate. Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2022 The letters, signed by a group of Utah House Republicans, threatened prosecution for people who provide or fund abortions while an injunction keeps Utah’s trigger law on hold. Emily Anderson Stern, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Sep. 2022 Imcine’s new Foprocine fund boasts bonus incentive points to films directed by women or titles from community, Indigenous and Black filmmakers. John Hopewell, Variety, 16 Sep. 2022 This fund, established in 2004, continues the work begun by Carollynn Suplee. Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun, 16 Sep. 2022 Traders expect the Fed fund rate to peak at about 4.4% next year, from the current range of 2.25% and 2.5%. Fortune, 15 Sep. 2022 Verb In one controversy among many, consultants working for FPL used Broken Promises to covertly fund a spoiler candidate in a 2018 Gainesville-area state Senate race, a Herald/Times investigation found. al, 7 Sep. 2022 Congress has to fund the government in September before the next fiscal year begins Oct. 1. Anna Edgerton, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2022 If selected to redo the sports arena property, Midway Rising would likely help fund the campaign in support of Measure C. Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2022 Following the grant submission in September 2022, IDNR will review applications to fund projects in 2023. Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2022 This project will help fund several affordable housing units in the historic Murray building in Downtown Willimantic. Melanie Savage, Hartford Courant, 26 Aug. 2022 The state has also relied heavily on private developers to fund public transportation stations and improvements in recent years. Catherine Carlock, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2022 Since 2015, when the United Nations issued a call to halve per-capita global food loss by 2030, N.G.O.s, overseas-development agencies, and philanthropic foundations have rushed to fund refrigeration projects in the developing world. Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022 For decades, Bill Kelley, a local fan who had witnessed her historic 1964 return to Columbus, had tried to garner more attention for her heroic flight, even offering to mortgage his house, to fund a statue in her honor. Lucia Cheng, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Aug. 2022 See More Word History Etymology Noun earlier fond, borrowed (with later respelling after Latin fundus) from French fond "bottom, base, foundation," (in plural) "sum of money, capital, resources," going back to Old French funt, font "bottom, base, cultivated ground," going back to Latin fundus — more at bottom entry 1 Verb derivative of fund entry 1 First Known Use Noun 1628, in the meaning defined at sense 2 Verb 1764, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Phrases Containing fund contingency fund mutual fund hedge fund rainy day fund pension fund sinking fund slush fund trust fund fund-raiser fund-raising revolving fund fund-raise See More contingency fund mutual fund hedge fund rainy day fund pension fund sinking fund slush fund trust fund fund-raiser fund-raising revolving fund fund-raise See More Kids Definition fund noun ˈfənd 1 : a sum of money for a special purpose a book fund 2 funds plural : available money I'm out of funds until I get paid. 3 : stock entry 1 sense 1, supply a fund of knowledge Legal Definition fund 1 of 2 noun 1 : a sum of money or other resources whose principal or interest is set aside for a specific objective — client security fund : a fund established by each state to compensate clients for losses suffered due to their attorneys' misappropriation of funds — common trust fund : an in-house trust fund established by a bank trust department to pool the assets of many small trusts for greater diversification in investing — executor fund : a fund established in estate planning to provide for the payment of final expenses by an executor — joint welfare fund : a fund that is established by collective bargaining to provide health and welfare benefits to employees and that is jointly administered by representatives of labor and management — paid-in fund : a reserve cash fund in lieu of a capital stock account set up by mutual insurance companies to cover unforeseen losses — sinking fund : a fund set up and accumulated by regular deposits for paying off the principal on a debt or for other specified purposes (as self-insurance) — strike fund : a fund accumulated by a union through special assessments or from general funds and used to pay striking workers or for other strike-related activities — Taft-Hartley fund \\ ˈtaft-ˈhärt-lē- \\ after the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947, which established it : joint welfare fund in this entry — trust fund : property (as money or securities) settled or held in a trust 2 : an organization administering a special fund — exchange-traded fund : a fund that is similar to an index fund in tracking a stock index but that is traded on the stock market — growth fund : a mutual fund that invests in the stock of growth companies — hedge fund : an investing group usually in the form of a limited partnership that employs speculative techniques in the hope of obtaining large capital gains — index fund : a mutual fund that invests to reflect the composition of the market as a whole by matching its investments to a stock index — mutual fund : an investment company that invests its shareholders' money in a usually diversified group of securities of other companies — vulture fund : an investment company that buys up bankrupt or insolvent companies with the goal of reorganizing them so they can be profitably resold as going concerns fund 2 of 2 transitive verb 1 a : to make provision of resources for discharging the principal or interest of b : to provide financial resources for 2 : to place in a fund 3 : to convert into a debt that is payable either at a distant date or at no definite date and that bears a fixed interest funded verb past tense of fund 1 as in financed to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income her will funded a new science center for her beloved alma mater Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance financed endowed established subsidized supported organized sponsored donated founded granted contributed awarded bequeathed promoted underwrote backed subscribed capitalized invested (in) Antonyms & Near Antonyms received defunded drew disendowed subsisted 2 as in subsidized to provide money for Dad advised me to get a job because he wasn't going to fund my social life forever Synonyms & Similar Words financed subsidized bankrolled sponsored supported underwrote endorsed endowed capitalized backed staked maintained advocated aided paid championed refinanced co-financed patronized defrayed liquidated grubstaked refunded paid up nourished paid off footed stood cofinanced recompensed settled indorsed discharged cleared sprung (for) quitted quit provided (for) sprang (for) Antonyms & Near Antonyms defunded
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