fund

See also: Fund

English

Etymology

PIE word
*bʰudʰmḗn

Borrowed from French fond, from Latin fundus. Doublet of fond and fundus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʌnd/

  • Audio (UK)

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ʌnd

Noun

fund (plural funds)

1. A sum or source of money.

   the fund of a bank, commercial house, manufacturing corporation, etc.

   a fund for the maintenance of underprivileged students

2. An organization managing such money.
3. A money-management operation, such as a mutual fund.

   Several major funds were declared insolvent recently.

4. A large supply of something to be drawn upon.

   He drew on his immense fund of knowledge.

   • 1856 February​, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Oliver Goldsmith [from the Encyclopædia Britannica]”, 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 30956848:

     an inexhaustible fund of stories

Derived terms

derived terms

• balanced fund
• bond fund
• chit fund
• closed-end fund
• equity fund
• feeder fund
• fund of funds
• go-go fund
• growth fund
• hedge fund
• income fund
• index fund
• load fund
• master fund
• mutual fund
• no-load fund
• open-end fund
• pension fund
• stock fund
• trust fund

Translations

sum or source of money

• Arabic: ذَخِيرَة‎ f (ḏaḵīra)
• Armenian: հիմնադրամ (hy) (himnadram)
• Bulgarian: фонд m (fond), капитал (bg) m (kapital)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 基金 (zh) (jījīn), 資金 (zh), 资金 (zh) (zījīn)

• Czech: fond (cs) m
• Danish: fond (da) c or n
• Dutch: fonds (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: rahasto (fi), varat (fi), rahat (fi), rahoitus (fi)
• French: fonds (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Kapital (de) n, Fonds (de) n
• Greek: απόθεμα (el) n (apóthema), κεφάλαιο (el) n (kefálaio), κονδύλι (el) n (kondýli)
• Hebrew: קרן‎ (he) f (kéren)
• Italian: fondo (it) m

• Japanese: 資金 (ja) (しきん, shikin), 基金 (ja) (ききん, kikin)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: tahua
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fond n

  Nynorsk: fond n

• Portuguese: fundo (pt), capital (pt)
• Russian: фонд (ru) m (fond)
• Scottish Gaelic: ionmhas m, maoin f
• Spanish: fondo (es) m, capital (es) m
• Swedish: fond (sv) c, kapital (sv) n
• Tagalog: pondo
• Thai: กองทุน (th) (gɔɔng-tun), ทุน (th) (tun)
• Ukrainian: фонд (fond)
• Vietnamese: quỹ (vi)

organization

• Bulgarian: фонд m (fond)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 基金 (zh) (jījīn), (a charitable foundation) 基金會 (zh), 基金会 (zh) (jījīnhuì)

• Danish: fond (da) c or n
• Finnish: rahasto (fi)
• Greek: ταμείο (el) n (tameío)

• Hebrew: קרן‎ (he) f (kéren)
• Malay: dana
• Portuguese: fundação (pt)
• Russian: фонд (ru) m (fond)
• Thai: กองทุน (th) (gɔɔng-tun)

money-management operation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 基金 (zh) (jījīn)

• Finnish: rahasto (fi)
• German: anlegen (de)

• Spanish: fondo (es) m
• Ukrainian: фінансувати (finansuvaty)

Verb

fund (third-person singular simple present funds, present participle funding, simple past and past participle funded)

1. (transitive) To pay for.

   He used his inheritance to fund his gambling addiction.

2. (transitive) To place (money) in a fund.
3. (transitive) To form a debt into a stock charged with interest.

Derived terms

• part-fund

Translations

to pay for

• Bulgarian: финансирам (finansiram)
• Danish: finansiere
• Dutch: financieren (nl)
• Estonian: rahastama
• Finnish: rahoittaa (fi), maksaa (fi), kustantaa (fi)
• French: financer (fr)
• German: finanzieren (de)
• Greek: χρηματοδοτώ (el) (chrimatodotó), επιχορηγώ (el) (epichorigó)

• Hungarian: finanszíroz (hu)
• Italian: finanziare (it)
• Portuguese: financiar (pt)
• Spanish: financiar (es), sufragar (es) m, patrocinar (es)
• Swedish: finansiera (sv)
• Ukrainian: фінансувати (finansuvaty)
• Vietnamese: tài trợ (vi)

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Albanian

Alternative forms

• fun, funn (Gheg) [fũn]

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fundus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fund]

Noun

fund m (indefinite plural funde, definite singular fundi, definite plural fundet)

1. end
2. bottom (lowest part)
3. skirt

Declension

declension of fund

	indefinite forms (trajta të pashquara)			definite forms (trajta të shquara)
	singular (numri njëjës)	plural (numri shumës)		singular (numri njëjës)	plural (numri shumës)
nominative (emërore)	fund	funde		fundi	fundet
accusative (kallëzore)	fund	funde		fundin	fundet
genitive (gjinore) (i/e/të/së)	fundi	fundeve		fundit	fundevet
dative (dhanore)	fundi	fundeve		fundit	fundevet
ablative (rrjedhore)	fundi	fundesh		fundit	fundevet

Derived terms

• fundërri (Tosk)
• fundi (Tosk), funi (Gheg)
• fundit (Tosk), funit (Gheg)
• fundor (Tosk), funor (Gheg)

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

• fundu, afundu

Noun

fund n

1. Alternative form of fundu

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Danish

Etymology

Verbal noun to finde (“to find”). Compare Old Norse fundr and German Fund.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɔnˀ]

Noun

fund n (singular definite fundet, plural indefinite fund)

1. find
2. bargain
3. discovery

Inflection

Declension of fund

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fund	fundet	fund	fundene
genitive	funds	fundets	funds	fundenes

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Icelandic

Noun

fund

1. indefinite accusative singular of fundur

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Middle English

Noun

fund (plural fundes)

1. Alternative form of feend

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin fundus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn. Doublet of fond, which was borrowed from French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fund]

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

fund n (plural funduri)

1. bottom
2. backside; buttocks

Declension

Declension of fund

	singular		plural
	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

• fundaș

Related terms

• afunda
• cufunda
• funda
• fundament

• fundație
• înfunda
• scufunda

See also

• șezut
• popou
• bucă

References

• fund in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)