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  • 41Fund — A source of money that will be allocated to a specific purpose. A fund can be established for any purpose whatsoever, whether it is a city government setting aside money to build a new civic center, a college setting aside money to award a… …

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  • 42fund — I. noun Etymology: Latin fundus bottom, country estate more at bottom Date: 1694 1. a. a sum of money or other resources whose principal or interest is set apart for a specific objective b. money on deposit on which checks or drafts can be drawn… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 43Fund — (as used in expressions) United Nations Children s Fund United Nations International Children s Emergency Fund World Wildlife Fund …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 44Fund — Fụnd der; (e)s, e; 1 ein Gegenstand, den jemand gefunden (1) hat <ein einmaliger, seltener, überraschender Fund>: Er hat seinen Fund beim Fundbüro abgeliefert; Seine These wird durch archäologische Funde gestützt || K : Fundgegenstand,… …

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  • 45fund — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. resources, store, cache, reserve, accumulation; slush fund, kitty; ( pl.) assets, money, capital. v. t. set aside, lay away, store; invest in, finance. See means. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. endowment,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 46fund*/*/ — [fʌnd] noun I 1) [C] an amount of money that you collect, save, or invest an investment/pension fund[/ex] 2) funds [plural] money I m a little low on funds just now.[/ex] I m not sure I can raise the funds for the holiday.[/ex] • See: funding,… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 47fund — [[t]fʌnd[/t]] n. 1) a supply of money or monetary resources, as for some purpose 2) supply; stock: a fund of knowledge[/ex] 3) funds, money immediately available; pecuniary resources 4) bus an organization created to manage the resources of a… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 48Fund — der Fund, e (Mittelstufe) Entdeckung von etw. durch Forschen Beispiele: Die Archäologen haben einen wichtigen Fund gemacht. Er hat seinen Fund der Polizei gemeldet …

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  • 49Fund Q — La Fund Q est une fondation créée et dirigée par Hiroshi Yamauchi, l ancien président de Nintendo. La Fund Q est entièrement financée par Hiroshi Yamauchi et son rôle est d aider financièrement les petits développeurs (travaillant pour Nintendo)… …

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  • 50fund — [17] Latin fundus meant ‘bottom’. English originally acquired it via French as fond, and in the course of the 17th century re latinized it to fund. The literal meaning ‘bottom’ was retained until the mid 18th century (‘a Glass Bubble fix’d to the …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins