fund

n.

1. A source of supply; a stock: a fund of goodwill.
2. 1. A sum of money or other resources set aside for a specific purpose: a pension fund.
   2. funds Available money; ready cash: short on funds.
3. funds The stock of the British permanent national debt, considered as public securities. Used with the.
4. An organization established to administer and manage a sum of money.

tr.v., fund·ed, fund·ing, funds.

1. To provide money for paying off the interest or principal of (a debt).
2. To convert into a long-term or floating debt with fixed interest payments.
3. To place in a fund for accumulation.
4. To furnish a fund for: funded the space program.

[Latin fundus, bottom, piece of land.]

1. Cash, securities, or other assets designated for a specified purpose such as in a Sinking Fund.

2. In Government Accounting, fiscal and accounting entity with a self-balancing set of accounts recording cash and other financial resources, together with related liabilities and residual equities or balances, and changes therein. Funds are segregated for the purpose of conducting specific activities or attaining certain objectives in accordance with special regulations, restrictions, or limitations. An example is the Special Revenue Fund. See also Fund Accounting.

3. As a verb, to finance, using long-term debt, usually bonds.

noun

The monetary resources of a government, organization, or individual. capital, finance (used in plural), money (often used in plural). See money.

verb

To supply capital to or for: back, capitalize, finance, grubstake, stake, subsidize. Informal bankroll. Idioms: put up money for. See help/harm/harmless, money.

v

Definition: provide money for
Antonyms: take

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A comprehensive term for any money that is set aside for a particular purpose or that is accessible for the satisfaction of debts or claims.

The term public funds is a colloquial label for the revenue of a government, state, or municipal corporation.

IN BRIEF: n. - A financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies; A reserve of money set aside for some purpose; A supply of something available for future use.

The body must be credited with an immense fund of know-how.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - fond, kapital, forråd
v. tr. - fundere, finansiere

Nederlands (Dutch)
fonds, kapitaal, voorraad, financieren, sparen/accumuleren, in lange termijnschuld omzetten

Français (French)
n. - fonds, caisse (de prévoyance, de secours), collecte, (fig) puits (de sagesse)
v. tr. - financer, consolider (une dette)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Fonds, Mittel, Gelder
v. - finanzieren, fundieren, konsolidieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - απόθεμα, ταμείο, πηγή εφοδίων, παρακαταθήκη
v. - χρηματοδοτώ

Italiano (Italian)
fondi, finanziare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - fundo (m) (dinheiro)
v. - financiar

Русский (Russian)
запас, фонд, средство, субсидировать

Español (Spanish)
n. - fondos
v. tr. - financiar, consolidar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fond, kassa, tillgångar
v. - fondera, placera i statspapper, finansiera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
资金, 专款, 基金, 现款, 财源, 存款, 国债, 公债, 换为长期借款, 积累, 提供资金

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 資金, 專款, 基金, 現款, 財源, 存款, 國債, 公債
v. tr. - 換為長期借款, 積累, 提供資金

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 자금, 비축
v. tr. - 자금을 공급하다, 공채에 투자하다, 축적하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 資金, 基金, 積立金, 所持金, 財源, 蓄え
v. - 資金を提供する

idioms:

• sinking fund    減債基金, 負債償却積立金

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) رأسمال , صندوق (فعل) يمول‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קרן, הון, מלאי, אוצר‬
v. tr. - ‮מימן, פרש חוב על פני זמן רב, הפריש לקרן‬

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