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Definition of fund in English: fundnoun fʌndfənd 1A sum of money saved or made available for a particular purpose. he had set up a fund to coordinate economic investment Example sentencesExamples - The objectors want the Treasury to set up a special fund for their money to be spent on non-military purposes.
- He also ensures that marketing support funds are available.
- Benefits for others who have not yet retired would then have to be reduced to match the shortfall in the level of funds available.
- Some student unions make small funds available in grant form, so ring the resident welfare officer to apply.
- It was financed from funds specifically identified for teaching undergraduates and nurses.
- The startup expenses quickly ate away at the funds he had saved.
- Don't forget to check with your local authority to see if there are discretionary funds available to assist with the costs of any extra childcare help you may need.
- The Canadian company has been budgeting for damages by setting aside money in an escrow fund.
- In tandem with a pension fund, we could have a wealth fund for every child born in the country.
- Difficult decisions will have to be made about which few species can be saved with the limited funds available for conservation.
- Yet if these earners are forced to save via the mandatory savings accounts, those funds are not available for a down-payment.
- It was our custom to put most of our spare money into a communal fund, since money was always so tight for us.
- Right now, I do not see the funds available to save Social Security and Medicare, and we have to address that.
- Trustees were also given the duty to make sure there was enough money in the fund to pay pensions that have been promised.
- But production companies which specialise in factual programming say the available pool of funds is shrinking.
- UK government funds are also available to help companies employ handicapped workers, as well as adjust workspaces.
- The fixed-rate term account runs for a maximum five years, but the customer can access funds saved at any time.
- Demand shifts when demographics change either in numbers of people or in the amount of funds available.
- You may not touch the funds saved in a retirement annuity before you are 55 years old.
- Be sure that budget includes a fund for emergencies and savings for the short and long term.
Synonyms collection, kitty, reserve, pool, purse endowment, foundation, trust, charity, grant investment, capital savings, nest egg informal stash - 1.1funds Financial resources.
a concert to raise funds for the church Example sentencesExamples - Therefore, owing to the Commission being satisfied that the funds have been properly expended it was not necessary to consider any alleged links during this Inquiry.
- However, owing to financial crunch, funds would be raised with private partnership.
- "The proposal is not meant to provide additional funds to finance government spending, " it said.
- Lady Liberty was reopened only after 36 million dollars was raised in private funds to pay for security improvements.
- The nature of the tax system used to raise funds to finance the debt had altered considerably during the previous century.
- The Japanese government had initially held out against committing the funds for financial reasons, according to a diplomat, but eventually relented.
- A budding stage star who achieved her dream of getting into a prestigious drama school has organised an evening of musical entertainment to raise funds to help finance her course.
- He appears never to have expected anything from the government in the way of subsidies, inducements, tax breaks or start-up funds.
- But the countries that suffered the highest death tolls, like Indonesia and Sri Lanka, say they lack the funds to finance it.
- Will the fall in the value of the US dollar proceed gradually or will there be a financial crisis sparked by a rapid exit of funds from American financial markets?
- Most notably, any indication of how the Government plans to pay for all the new funds, projects and tax breaks it's proposing.
- They also secured lottery funding last year and will now have to raise further funds to finance the work.
- The subsidies include direct cash payments, debt payments, and funds for capital projects.
- Speculation is rife that Akbar spent the funds to finance Habibie's political campaign for presidential re-election in 1999.
- He was prosecuted for allegedly being a member of a banned organisation and raising funds to finance terrorism abroad.
- In order to promote the growth of the group, properties were acquired with funds borrowed from financial institutions.
- Mr Scheucher was last night trying to come up with an alternative financial model using public funds to get the stadium built, but as yet, no deal has been reached.
- The feasibility of any option depends heavily on Leeds because it is the owner of the building and because Otley just does not have the funds to finance a project of this size alone.
- From now onwards the councils should strive to be up to date on payment of monthly salaries by raising funds from own vast resources.
- This happened on the GST, on the capital gains tax, on the subsidy to private health funds, and on asylum seekers.
Synonyms money, cash, hard cash, ready money wealth, means, assets, resources, savings, capital, reserves, deep pockets, the wherewithal informal dough, bread, loot, dosh, green, the ready, folding money British informal lolly, spondulicks - 1.2 A large stock or supply of something, especially information or knowledge.
a vast fund of information Example sentencesExamples - This is the fund of unconscious images which fatally confuse the mental patient.
- But clearly humour, and an appeal to the common fund of historical anecdotes, go a long way.
- How will the state create a genetic fund of good livestock breeds for agriculture?
- The time always comes when one has to pay one's debt to the fund of sincere belief and has to dare to believe in what he sees.
- Once Bob would have been a veritable fund of info about goings-on around the club.
- They are certainly leaving their successor a fund of good will with which to work.
- He had little pride, though an exceptional fund of passionate integrity.
- Me, I tend to agree with John Waters, always an eminently wise and sensible fund of good ideas and clear thinking.
- So the writer has brought with him a ball, a glove, a bat and a fund of stories.
- Nothing will dry up the fund of information on errors as quickly as the fear of retribution.
- I have a fund of somewhat boring stories which I tell myself when sleep is slow to come.
- You never talked to him for long without realising he had a great sense of humour with a fund of tales to tell.
- I will concede that at the time my views rested on no great fund of expertise.
- She appears here as a more amiable figure, fond of a good gossip, and with an endless fund of stories.
- It is the fund of good will that comes out of our culture that can turn things around.
- He had a fund of quiet humour and often threw oil on troubled waters by quaint comments or amusing anecdotes.
- Bruce was a lively and fascinating speaker, with a huge fund of anecdotes and recondite facts.
- Add a fund of goodwill from a city just pleased that its football club had survived and the future immediately became brighter.
- I had an opportunity to chat with him once or twice, and was immediately impressed by his fund of knowledge.
Synonyms stock, store, supply, accumulation, mass, collection, cumulation, bank, pool mine, reservoir, storehouse, treasury, treasure house, hoard, repository - 1.3the fundsBritish The stock of the national debt (as a mode of investment).
Example sentencesExamples - That there is no connection between myself personally and the funds investment.
- Investments in the funds fell to 25% of the previous week's rate.
verb fʌndfənd [with object]Provide with money for a particular purpose. the World Bank refused to fund the project Example sentencesExamples - It is hoped that the whole project will be funded by selling off the Queens Road site for housing.
- By contrast, the citizen scientists would be funded by public money to do just that.
- The project is funded by a four year grant from regeneration money provided by the government.
- That was the case with the Olympic Games, a project mainly funded by private enterprise.
- An overseas aid agency funded a water project to enable trainees to cultivate vegetables.
- The council hopes the refurbishment project would be funded mainly through grants.
- Existing projects can be funded, but only for an extension or further development.
- The project is funded by the EU and is in partnership with German and Swedish police.
- She might be born in a new maternity hospital, funded by the private finance initiative.
- The exhibition is the result of a spring art project funded by the Borough Land's trust.
- These bursaries are to be funded from a pool of ten percent of top-up fee charges.
- The new practice, which was funded by a private finance initiative, opened in March.
- The answer is simple since any job in the public services is funded by tax payers' money.
- The money also funded film workshops at secondary schools and colleges across the region.
- The Crossrail project will be funded by both the Government and the private sector.
- Money from the sale would have partially funded the purchase of Queen Anne School.
- The project is entirely funded by donations from overseas and survives month by month.
- The project will be funded from the sale of the current premises of Ashleigh in Windermere.
- But why does he think the road system must remain a public good funded by the taxpayer?
- This could be funded by an equity release plan to raise money on her home, which she would still own.
Synonyms finance, pay for, back, capitalize, sponsor, provide finance/capital for, put up the money for, subsidize, underwrite, endow, support, be a patron of, float, maintain informal foot the bill for, pick up the tab for North American informal bankroll, stake
Phrases he had bought a painting by Modigliani when he was in funds Example sentencesExamples - If you do wish me to act then I need to see you and be placed in funds to cover both my costs and those of Counsel.
- Thus in funds, I had taken Sonya to a night-club.
- Blake continued to produce his own personal view of life and religion in his paintings and engraving, occasionally getting a commission to produce some works which kept him in funds.
- Aware that he was sick with cancer and low in funds, Reiner exhorted the wealthy Koussevitsky to cough up a $1,000 commission.
- A paying bank may dishonour the cheque - refuse to pay it - if the customer is not in funds, or if there is not a sufficiently agreed overdraft at the time it is presented.
Synonyms solvent, able to pay its debts, debt-free, not in debt, out of debt, in the black, in funds, in credit, creditworthy, of good financial standing, solid, secure
Origin Early 17th century (in sense ‘source or supply of material things’): from Latin fundus ‘bottom, base, landed estate’. found from Middle English: The word found ‘establish’ goes back to Latin fundare ‘to lay a base for’, from fundus ‘bottom, base’, source also of foundation (Late Middle English), founder (Middle English) ‘sink’, and fund (mid 17th century) from a secondary sense of fundus ‘landed property’; and profound (Middle English) ‘deep’. Found ‘melt and mould’ is from French fondre (source of the melted cheese fondue (late 19th century)), from Latin fundere ‘melt, pour’ (found also in fuse (late 16th century)), and dates from the early 16th century.
Definition of fund in US English: fundnounfəndfənd 1A sum of money saved or made available for a particular purpose. he had set up a fund to coordinate economic investment Example sentencesExamples - But production companies which specialise in factual programming say the available pool of funds is shrinking.
- The Canadian company has been budgeting for damages by setting aside money in an escrow fund.
- Trustees were also given the duty to make sure there was enough money in the fund to pay pensions that have been promised.
- It was our custom to put most of our spare money into a communal fund, since money was always so tight for us.
- In tandem with a pension fund, we could have a wealth fund for every child born in the country.
- UK government funds are also available to help companies employ handicapped workers, as well as adjust workspaces.
- Benefits for others who have not yet retired would then have to be reduced to match the shortfall in the level of funds available.
- Difficult decisions will have to be made about which few species can be saved with the limited funds available for conservation.
- He also ensures that marketing support funds are available.
- Be sure that budget includes a fund for emergencies and savings for the short and long term.
- You may not touch the funds saved in a retirement annuity before you are 55 years old.
- Some student unions make small funds available in grant form, so ring the resident welfare officer to apply.
- The startup expenses quickly ate away at the funds he had saved.
- Yet if these earners are forced to save via the mandatory savings accounts, those funds are not available for a down-payment.
- It was financed from funds specifically identified for teaching undergraduates and nurses.
- Don't forget to check with your local authority to see if there are discretionary funds available to assist with the costs of any extra childcare help you may need.
- Right now, I do not see the funds available to save Social Security and Medicare, and we have to address that.
- The objectors want the Treasury to set up a special fund for their money to be spent on non-military purposes.
- Demand shifts when demographics change either in numbers of people or in the amount of funds available.
- The fixed-rate term account runs for a maximum five years, but the customer can access funds saved at any time.
Synonyms collection, kitty, reserve, pool, purse - 1.1funds Financial resources.
the misuse of public funds Example sentencesExamples - However, owing to financial crunch, funds would be raised with private partnership.
- Lady Liberty was reopened only after 36 million dollars was raised in private funds to pay for security improvements.
- Therefore, owing to the Commission being satisfied that the funds have been properly expended it was not necessary to consider any alleged links during this Inquiry.
- "The proposal is not meant to provide additional funds to finance government spending, " it said.
- They also secured lottery funding last year and will now have to raise further funds to finance the work.
- But the countries that suffered the highest death tolls, like Indonesia and Sri Lanka, say they lack the funds to finance it.
- He appears never to have expected anything from the government in the way of subsidies, inducements, tax breaks or start-up funds.
- The subsidies include direct cash payments, debt payments, and funds for capital projects.
- The nature of the tax system used to raise funds to finance the debt had altered considerably during the previous century.
- This happened on the GST, on the capital gains tax, on the subsidy to private health funds, and on asylum seekers.
- A budding stage star who achieved her dream of getting into a prestigious drama school has organised an evening of musical entertainment to raise funds to help finance her course.
- Most notably, any indication of how the Government plans to pay for all the new funds, projects and tax breaks it's proposing.
- Mr Scheucher was last night trying to come up with an alternative financial model using public funds to get the stadium built, but as yet, no deal has been reached.
- The feasibility of any option depends heavily on Leeds because it is the owner of the building and because Otley just does not have the funds to finance a project of this size alone.
- In order to promote the growth of the group, properties were acquired with funds borrowed from financial institutions.
- Will the fall in the value of the US dollar proceed gradually or will there be a financial crisis sparked by a rapid exit of funds from American financial markets?
- From now onwards the councils should strive to be up to date on payment of monthly salaries by raising funds from own vast resources.
- Speculation is rife that Akbar spent the funds to finance Habibie's political campaign for presidential re-election in 1999.
- He was prosecuted for allegedly being a member of a banned organisation and raising funds to finance terrorism abroad.
- The Japanese government had initially held out against committing the funds for financial reasons, according to a diplomat, but eventually relented.
Synonyms money, cash, hard cash, ready money - 1.2 A large stock or supply of something, especially information or knowledge.
a vast fund of information Example sentencesExamples - He had little pride, though an exceptional fund of passionate integrity.
- Add a fund of goodwill from a city just pleased that its football club had survived and the future immediately became brighter.
- I will concede that at the time my views rested on no great fund of expertise.
- So the writer has brought with him a ball, a glove, a bat and a fund of stories.
- Nothing will dry up the fund of information on errors as quickly as the fear of retribution.
- How will the state create a genetic fund of good livestock breeds for agriculture?
- Me, I tend to agree with John Waters, always an eminently wise and sensible fund of good ideas and clear thinking.
- It is the fund of good will that comes out of our culture that can turn things around.
- Once Bob would have been a veritable fund of info about goings-on around the club.
- You never talked to him for long without realising he had a great sense of humour with a fund of tales to tell.
- I have a fund of somewhat boring stories which I tell myself when sleep is slow to come.
- Bruce was a lively and fascinating speaker, with a huge fund of anecdotes and recondite facts.
- The time always comes when one has to pay one's debt to the fund of sincere belief and has to dare to believe in what he sees.
- They are certainly leaving their successor a fund of good will with which to work.
- I had an opportunity to chat with him once or twice, and was immediately impressed by his fund of knowledge.
- He had a fund of quiet humour and often threw oil on troubled waters by quaint comments or amusing anecdotes.
- She appears here as a more amiable figure, fond of a good gossip, and with an endless fund of stories.
- This is the fund of unconscious images which fatally confuse the mental patient.
- But clearly humour, and an appeal to the common fund of historical anecdotes, go a long way.
Synonyms stock, store, supply, accumulation, mass, collection, cumulation, bank, pool - 1.3the fundsBritish The stock of the national debt (as a mode of investment).
Example sentencesExamples - That there is no connection between myself personally and the funds investment.
- Investments in the funds fell to 25% of the previous week's rate.
verbfəndfənd [with object]Provide with money for a particular purpose. the World Bank refused to fund the project in combination government-funded research Example sentencesExamples - It is hoped that the whole project will be funded by selling off the Queens Road site for housing.
- The council hopes the refurbishment project would be funded mainly through grants.
- The project is funded by the EU and is in partnership with German and Swedish police.
- The project is entirely funded by donations from overseas and survives month by month.
- Existing projects can be funded, but only for an extension or further development.
- By contrast, the citizen scientists would be funded by public money to do just that.
- The new practice, which was funded by a private finance initiative, opened in March.
- But why does he think the road system must remain a public good funded by the taxpayer?
- She might be born in a new maternity hospital, funded by the private finance initiative.
- These bursaries are to be funded from a pool of ten percent of top-up fee charges.
- The Crossrail project will be funded by both the Government and the private sector.
- An overseas aid agency funded a water project to enable trainees to cultivate vegetables.
- The answer is simple since any job in the public services is funded by tax payers' money.
- This could be funded by an equity release plan to raise money on her home, which she would still own.
- The project is funded by a four year grant from regeneration money provided by the government.
- The project will be funded from the sale of the current premises of Ashleigh in Windermere.
- The money also funded film workshops at secondary schools and colleges across the region.
- That was the case with the Olympic Games, a project mainly funded by private enterprise.
- The exhibition is the result of a spring art project funded by the Borough Land's trust.
- Money from the sale would have partially funded the purchase of Queen Anne School.
Synonyms finance, pay for, back, capitalize, sponsor, provide capital for, provide finance for, put up the money for, subsidize, underwrite, endow, support, be a patron of, float, maintain
Phrases Example sentencesExamples - Blake continued to produce his own personal view of life and religion in his paintings and engraving, occasionally getting a commission to produce some works which kept him in funds.
- A paying bank may dishonour the cheque - refuse to pay it - if the customer is not in funds, or if there is not a sufficiently agreed overdraft at the time it is presented.
- If you do wish me to act then I need to see you and be placed in funds to cover both my costs and those of Counsel.
- Thus in funds, I had taken Sonya to a night-club.
- Aware that he was sick with cancer and low in funds, Reiner exhorted the wealthy Koussevitsky to cough up a $1,000 commission.
Synonyms solvent, able to pay its debts, debt-free, not in debt, out of debt, in the black, in funds, in credit, creditworthy, of good financial standing, solid, secure
Origin Early 17th century (in sense ‘source or supply of material things’): from Latin fundus ‘bottom, base, landed estate’. |