A fund is a supply of money to be used for a specific purpose. You can start a fund for almost anything, such as your child’s education, a new car, or the establishment of the world’s largest origami collection.
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 financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies
Noun
a reserve of money set aside for some purpose
Noun
a supply of something available for future use; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars"
Verb
furnish money for; "The government funds basic research in many areas"
Verb
accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability; "fund a medical care plan"
Verb
invest money in government securities
Verb
provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest
Verb
place or store up in a fund for accumulation
Verb
convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds
n.
An aggregation or deposit of resources from which supplies
are or may be drawn for carrying on any work, or for maintaining
existence.
n.
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.
n.
The stock of a national debt; public securities; evidences
(stocks or bonds) of money lent to government, for which interest is
paid at prescribed intervals; -- called also public funds.
n.
An invested sum, whose income is devoted to a specific
object; as, the fund of an ecclesiastical society; a fund for the
maintenance of lectures or poor students; also, money systematically
collected to meet the expenses of some permanent object.
n.
A store laid up, from which one may draw at pleasure; a
supply; a full provision of resources; as, a fund of wisdom or good
sense.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To place in a fund, as money.
v. t.
To put into the form of bonds or stocks bearing regular
interest; as, to fund the floating debt.
Fund
An inexhaustible fund of stories.
Fund
An aggregation or deposit of resources from which supplies are or may be drawn for carrying on any work, or for maintaining existence.
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;
Usage Examples
It is important to fund young researchers who want to do curiosity-driven research. Curiosity-driven research is a part of life. Some people are curious. They want to learn more about nature and society should help that. It's like art: you can learn more and bring more beauty.
I intend to leave after my death a large fund for the promotion of the peace idea, but I am skeptical as to its results.
And secondly, I would impose a significant state landfill tipping fee and use that tipping fee to fund the billion dollar bond issue that I want to create to produce the funds for all of the environmental challenges that we just went over.
Our nation's Social Security Trust Fund is depleting at an alarming rate, and failure to implement immediate reforms endangers the ability of Americans to plan for their retirement with the options and certainty they deserve.
In Australia, they set up a special fund to kick films off. It was quite an enlightened sort of move. You could go to this government bureau with scripts and and get finance for films.
So the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is out there preserving and fighting for, and sometimes winning and sometimes losing, the fight for First Amendment rights in comics and, more generally, for freedom of speech.
Italy even in the future will not need aid from the European Financial Stability Fund.
I'm not into animal rights. I'm only into animal welfare and health. I've been with the Morris Animal Foundation since the '70s. We're a health organization. We fund campaign health studies for dogs, cats, lizards and wildlife. I've worked with the L.A. Zoo for about the same length of time. I get my animal fixes!
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Other Usage ExamplesThe U.N. Population Fund has a maternal health program in some Cameroon hospitals, but it doesn't operate in this region. It's difficult to expand, because President Bush has cut funding.
The United States is the most innovative country in the world. But our leadership could slip away if we fail to properly fund primary, secondary and higher education.
If you are worried about job security and do not have an adequate emergency fund (ideally eight months' worth of living expenses stashed away in a federally insured bank or credit union), you need to focus more on saving money than paying down the balance on your credit cards.
The fact that we're going through a crisis is an opportunity for Europe to be more coordinated and more integrated. We're actually talking about a European Monetary Fund or euro bonds, about guarantees for countries, about economic governance in the European Union. That shows the strength of Europe.
It's time to stop the raid on the Social Security trust fund and start allowing Americans to invest their Social Security taxes in personal savings accounts.
The Social Security trust fund is in pretty good shape today and we should not embark upon risky, dangerous schemes which will, in fact, undermine Social Security, such as privatization.
Reporters used to be blue-collar at the Globe now, it's practically required that you have a trust fund.
My parents put everything in a trust fund for me. I won't get it until I'm 18, so I'll use it for college.
I don't think I can answer questions about the trust fund.
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