fund
/ˈfʌnd/ noun, verb
- noun A sum or source of money. “the fund of a bank, commercial house, manufacturing corporation, etc.”
- noun An organization managing such money.
- noun A money-management operation, such as a mutual fund. “Several major funds were declared insolvent recently.”
- noun A large supply of something to be drawn upon. “He drew on his immense fund of knowledge.”
- verb (transitive) To pay or provide money for. “He used his inheritance to fund his gambling addiction.”
- verb (transitive) To place (money) in a fund.
- verb (transitive) To form a debt into a stock charged with interest.
Synonyms
monetary fund store stock investment company investment trust investment firm
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fundus. Doublet of fond and fundus.
Webster’s 1913
- noun An aggregation or deposit of resources from which supplies are or may be drawn for carrying on any work, or for maintaining existence.
- noun A stock or capital; a sum of money appropriated as the foundation of some commercial or other operation undertaken with a view to profit; that reserve by means of which expenses and credit are supported; as, the fund of a bank, commercial house, manufacturing corporation, etc.
- verb To provide and appropriate a fund or permanent revenue for the payment of the interest of; to make permanent provision of resources (as by a pledge of revenue from customs) for discharging the interest of or principal of; as, to fund government notes.
- verb To place in a fund, as money.
Etymology [OF. font, fond, nom. fonz, bottom, ground, F. fond bottom, foundation, fonds fund, fr. L. fundus bottom, ground, foundation, piece of land. See Found to establish.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “fund”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details