fund
See also: Fund
English edit
Etymology edit
PIE word |
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*bʰudʰmḗn |
Borrowed from Latin fundus.[1] Doublet of fond and fundus.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈfʌnd/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ʌnd
Noun edit
fund (plural funds)
- A sum or source of money.
- the fund of a bank, commercial house, manufacturing corporation, etc.
- a fund for the maintenance of underprivileged students
- An organization managing such money.
- A money-management operation, such as a mutual fund.
- Several major funds were declared insolvent recently.
- A large supply of something to be drawn upon.
- He drew on his immense fund of knowledge.
- 1856 February, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Oliver Goldsmith”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, →OCLC:
- an inexhaustible fund of stories
- 1945 January and February, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 14:
- 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.
Derived terms edit
- alternative fund
- alternative investment fund
- balanced fund
- bond fund
- chit fund
- closed-end fund
- collateralized fund obligation
- consolidated fund
- contingencies fund
- equity fund
- feeder fund
- forfeiture fund
- fund house
- fund manager
- fund of funds
- fund-raiser
- fund-raising
- fun fund
- go-go fund
- growth fund
- health fund
- hedge fund
- honey fund
- income fund
- index fund
- investment fund
- load fund
- master fund
- money market fund
- money-market fund
- mutual fund
- no-load fund
- open-end fund
- pension fund
- pooled fund
- provident fund
- quant fund
- road fund licence
- sinking fund
- slush fund
- sovereign wealth fund
- stabilization fund
- stock fund
- trust fund
- trust fund baby
- umbrella fund
- vulture fund
- wage-fund doctrine
- yellow dog fund
Translations edit
sum or source of money
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organization
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money-management operation
Verb edit
fund (third-person singular simple present funds, present participle funding, simple past and past participle funded)
- (transitive) To pay or provide money for.
- He used his inheritance to fund his gambling addiction.
- (transitive) To place (money) in a fund.
- (transitive) To form a debt into a stock charged with interest.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
to pay for
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References edit
- ^ “fund, n.1”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Albanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fund m (plural funde, definite fundi, definite plural fundet)
Declension edit
Declension of fund
Derived terms edit
- fundërri (Tosk) [2]
- fundi (Tosk), funi (Gheg)
- fundit (Tosk), funit (Gheg)
- fundor (Tosk), funor (Gheg)
References edit
- ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 33, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
- ^ Dictionnaire Français-Albanais / Fjalor Shqip-Frengjisht, page 462, Vedat Kokona, Tiranë, 2002, →ISBN
Aromanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
fund n
- Alternative form of fundu
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Verbal noun to finde (“to find”). Compare Old Norse fundr and German Fund.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fund n (singular definite fundet, plural indefinite fund)
Inflection edit
Icelandic edit
Noun edit
fund
Middle English edit
Noun edit
fund (plural fundes)
- Alternative form of feend
Old Norse edit
Noun edit
fund
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin fundus. Doublet of fond, which was borrowed from French.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fund n (plural funduri)
Declension edit
Declension of fund
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) fund | fundul | (niște) funduri | fundurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) fund | fundului | (unor) funduri | fundurilor |
vocative | fundule | fundurilor |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
See also edit
References edit
- fund in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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