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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FUND, n. [L. fundus, ground bottom, foundation; connected with L. fundo, to found, the sense of which is to throw down, to set, to lay. Heb. to build. L. funda, a sling, a casting net or purse.]
1. A stock or capital; a sum of money appropriated as the foundation of some commercial or other operation, undertaken with a view to profit, and by means of which expenses and credit are supported. Thus the capital stock of a banking institution is called its fund; the joint stock of a commercial or manufacturing house constitutes its fund or funds; and hence the word is applied to the money which an individual may possess, or the means he can employ for carrying on any enterprise or operation. No prudent man undertakes an expensive business without funds.
2. Money lent to government, constituting a national debt; or the stock of a national debt. Thus we say, a man is interested in the funds or public funds, when he owns the stock or the evidences of the public debt; and the funds are said to rise or fall, when a given amount of that debt sells for more or less in the market.
3. Money or income destined to the payment of the interest of a debt.
4. A sinking fund is a sum of money appropriated to the purchase of the public stocks or the payment of the public debt.
5. A stock or capital to afford supplies of any kind; as a fund of wisdom or good sense; a fund of wit. Hence.
6. Abundance; ample stock or store.
FUND, v.t.
1. To provide and appropriate a fund or permanent revenue for the payment of the interest of; to make permanent provision of resources for discharging the annual interest of; as, to fund exchequer bills or government notes; to fund a national debt.
2. To place money in a fund.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a reserve of money set aside for some purpose [syn: fund, monetary fund]
2: a supply of something available for future use; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars" [syn: store, stock, fund]
3: a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies [syn: investment company, investment trust, investment firm, fund] v
1: convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds
2: place or store up in a fund for accumulation
3: provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest
4: invest money in government securities
5: accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability; "fund a medical care plan"
6: furnish money for; "The government funds basic research in many areas"

Merriam Webster's

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 — usually used in plural c. capital d. plural the stock of the British national debt — usually used with the 2. an available quantity of material or intangible resources ; supply 3. plural available pecuniary resources 4. an organization administering a special fund II. transitive verb Date: 1789 1. a. to make provision of resources for discharging the interest or principal of b. to provide funds for <a federally funded program> 2. to place in a fund ; accumulate 3. to convert into a debt that is payable either at a distant date or at no definite date and that bears a fixed interest <fund a floating debt> • funder noun III. abbreviation fundamental

Oxford Reference Dictionary

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 National Debt (as a mode of investment). --v.tr. 1 provide with money. 2 convert (a floating debt) into a more or less permanent debt at fixed interest. 3 put into a fund. Phrases and idioms: fund-raiser a person who seeks financial support for a cause, enterprise, etc. fund-raising the seeking of financial support. in funds colloq. having money to spend. Etymology: L fundus bottom, piece of land

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fund Fund, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Funded; p. pr. & vb. n. Funding.] 1. 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. 2. To place in a fund, as money. 3. To put into the form of bonds or stocks bearing regular interest; as, to fund the floating debt.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fund Fund, n. [OF. font, fond, nom. fonz, bottom, ground, F. fond bottom, foundation, fonds fund, fr. L. fundus bottom, ground, foundation, piece of land. See Found to establish.] 1. An aggregation or deposit of resources from which supplies are or may be drawn for carrying on any work, or for maintaining existence. 2. 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. 3. pl. 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. 4. 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. 5. 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. An inexhaustible fund of stories. --Macaulay. Sinking fund, the aggregate of sums of money set apart and invested, usually at fixed intervals, for the extinguishment of the debt of a government, or of a corporation, by the accumulation of interest.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(funds, funding, funded) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. 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. The concert will raise funds for research into Aids. ...government funds. N-PLURAL see also fund-raising 2. A fund is an amount of money that is collected or saved for a particular purpose. ...a scholarship fund for undergraduate engineering students. N-COUNT: oft n N see also trust fund 3. When a person or organization funds something, they provide money for it. The airport is being privately funded by a construction group. ...a new privately funded scheme. = finance VERB: V n, V-ed • -funded ...government-funded institutions. COMB in ADJ 4. If you have a fund of something, you have a lot of it. He is possessed of an extraordinary fund of energy. N-COUNT: N of n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Stock, capital. 2. Store, supply. 3. Foundation, permanent fund. 4. [In pl., with The.] National debt, national obligations, government bonds, consols, public funds. 5. [In pl.] Money, means, resources.

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