Definition of
Fund
- (noun, group) a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies
- (noun, possession) a reserve of money set aside for some purpose
- (noun, possession) a supply of something available for future use
- (verb, possession) furnish money for
- (verb, possession) accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability
- (verb, possession) invest money in government securities
- (verb, possession) provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest
- (verb, possession) place or store up in a fund for accumulation
- (verb, possession) convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds
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Synonyms of Fund
investment company, investment firm, investment trust, monetary fund, stock, store
Alternate forms of Fund
Hyponyms: absorb, bank deposit, bankroll, base, budget, cache, closed-end fund, closed-end investment company, deposit, face-amount certificate company, fixed investment trust, government issue, grubstake, hedge fund, hedgefund, hoard, infrastructure, issue, military issue, mutual fund, mutual fund company, nest egg, nondiscretionary trust, open-end fund, open-end investment company, pension fund, petty cash, provision, real estate investment trust, reit, revolving fund, savings, seed stock, sinking fund, slush fund, stash, superannuation fund, take over, trust fund, unit investment trust, unit trust, war chest
Hypernyms: accumulate, accumulation, amass, collect, commit, compile, finance, furnish, hoard, invest, money, nondepository financial institution, pile up, place, provide, put, render, roll up, supply, support
Origin of the word Fund
- 1664, from Fr. fond "a bottom, floor, ground," also "a merchant's basic stock or capital," from L. fundus "bottom, piece of land," from PIE base *bhu(n)d-, cognate with Skt. budhnah, Gk. pythmen "foundation, bottom," O.E. botm "lowest part" (see bottom). The verb is 1776, from the noun. Funds "money at one's disposal" is from 172… more
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Words that sound like Fund
faineant, faint, famed, fan out, fanned, fanweed, feint, femininity, fend, fiend, find, find out, fine-tooth, fine-toothed, finite, finitude, finnan haddie, five-pointed, foment, fomite, fond, fonda, fondu, fondue, font, found, fount, fumed, funded
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