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31fund — fund1 [ fʌnd ] noun count *** 1. ) an amount of money that you collect, save, or invest: a fund to buy instruments for young musicians an investment/retirement fund a ) a financial organization that manages an amount of money by investing it b )… …
32fund — fund1 W1S3 [fʌnd] n [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: fundus bottom, piece of land ] 1.) an amount of money that is collected and kept for a particular purpose ▪ The house fell into disrepair until a restoration fund was set up .… …
33fund — [[t]fʌ̱nd[/t]] ♦ funds, funding, funded 1) N PLURAL Funds are amounts of money that are available to be spent, especially money that is given to an organization or person for a particular purpose. → See also fund raising The concert will raise… …
34fund — /fʌnd / (say fund) noun 1. a stock of money or pecuniary resources. 2. a store or stock of something, now often of something immaterial: a fund of knowledge. 3. an organisation which manages money invested for a particular purpose, such as… …
35fund — 01. He donated $50 to a [fund] to help victims of the fire. 02. Would you like to contribute to a [fund] we have started to help victims of the earthquake in Italy? 03. The government has announced that 5% of construction costs for government… …
36fund — 1 /fVnd/ noun (C) 1 an amount of money that is collected and kept for a particular purpose: The school s funds for sports and music have been seriously depleted. | set up a fund (=begin to collect money): His grandparents set up a fund for his… …
37fund — ef·fund; fund·less; re·fund·able; de·fund; fund; re·fund; …
38fund — {{11}}fund (n.) 1660s, from Fr. fond a bottom, floor, ground (12c.), also a merchant s basic stock or capital, from L. fundus bottom, foundation, piece of land, from PIE root *bhudh bottom, base (Cf. Skt. budhnah, Gk. pythmen foundation, bottom,… …
39fund — Noun: A sum of money, either in hand or on deposit in a bank or other institution. A deposit or accumulation of resources, such as the assets of a decedent s estate, from which supplies are drawn, out of which expenses are provided, or which may… …
40fund — n. & v. n. 1 a permanent stock of something ready to be drawn upon (a fund of knowledge; a fund of tenderness). 2 a stock of money, esp. one set apart for a purpose. 3 (in pl.) money resources. 4 (in pl.; prec. by the) Brit. the stock of the… …
