fund

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Contents

EnglishEdit

Wikipedia

EtymologyEdit

From French fond, from Latin fundus

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʌnd/
• Rhymes: -ʌnd

NounEdit

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.

   • Macaulay

     an inexhaustible fund of stories

Derived termsEdit

derived terms

balanced fund bond fund closed-end fund equity fund feeder fund fund of funds growth fund hedge fund income fund

index fund load fund master fund mutual fund open-end fund no-load fund pension fund stock fund trust fund

TranslationsEdit

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
• Dutch: fonds (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: rahasto (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
• 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
• Thai: กองทุน (th) ‎(gɔɔng-tun)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

organization

• Bulgarian: фонд m ‎(fond)
• Chinese:

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

• Finnish: rahasto (fi)
• Greek: ταμείο (el) n ‎(tameío)
• Hebrew: קרן (he) f ‎(kéren)
• Russian: фонд (ru) m ‎(fond)
• Thai: กองทุน (th) ‎(gɔɔng-tun)

money-management operation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 基金 (zh) ‎(jījīn)

• Finnish: rahasto (fi)
• Spanish: fondo (es) m
• Thai: กองทุน (th) ‎(gɔɔng-tun)

VerbEdit

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

1. (transitive) To pay for.

TranslationsEdit

to pay for

• Bulgarian: финансирам ‎(finansiram)
• Dutch: financieren (nl)
• Estonian: rahastama
• Finnish: rahoittaa (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)

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AlbanianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• (Gheg) fun [fũn], funn

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [fund]

EtymologyEdit

From Latin fundus.

NounEdit

fund m

1. end
2. bottom (lowest part)

Derived termsEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

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AromanianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• fundu, afundu

NounEdit

fund n

1. Alternative form of fundu

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DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /fon/, [fɔnˀ]

NounEdit

fund n (singular definite fundet, plural indefinite fund)

1. find
2. bargain
3. discovery

InflectionEdit

Inflection of fund

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

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IcelandicEdit

NounEdit

fund

1. indefinite accusative singular of fundur

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RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin fundus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ-mn.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [fund]

NounEdit

fund n ‎(plural funduri)

1. bottom
2. backside; buttocks

DeclensionEdit

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 termsEdit

• fundaș

Related termsEdit

• afunda
• cufunda
• funda
• fundament

• fundație
• înfunda
• scufunda

See alsoEdit

• șezut
• popou
• bucă