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fund

noun · verb · 16 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈfʌnd/
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  • rhymes with -ʌnd
  • CMU ARPABET: F AH1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A sum or source of money.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • the fund of a bank, commercial house, manufacturing corporation, etc.
  • a fund for the maintenance of underprivileged students

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An organization managing such money.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A money-management operation, such as a mutual fund.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Several major funds were declared insolvent recently.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A large supply of something to be drawn upon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He drew on his immense fund of knowledge.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To pay or provide money for.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • He used his inheritance to fund his gambling addiction.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To place (money) in a fund.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To form a debt into a stock charged with interest.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: investment company, investment trust, investment firm

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: nondepository financial institution

Narrower terms: hedge fund, hedgefund, mutual fund, mutual fund company, open-end fund, open-end investment company, closed-end fund, closed-end investment company, face-amount certificate company, Real Estate Investment Trust, REIT, unit investment trust, unit trust, nondiscretionary trust, fixed investment trust

9

noun

Meaning 9

a reserve of money set aside for some purpose

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: monetary fund

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: money

Narrower terms: mutual fund, revolving fund, sinking fund, savings, nest egg, pension fund, superannuation fund, war chest, slush fund, trust fund, deposit, bank deposit, budget, petty cash

10

noun

Meaning 10

a supply of something available for future use

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: store, stock

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: accumulation

Narrower terms: infrastructure, base, hoard, cache, stash, provision, issue, military issue, government issue, seed stock

11

verb

Meaning 11

furnish money for

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The government funds basic research in many areas

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: support

Narrower terms: grubstake, bankroll, absorb, take over

12

verb

Meaning 12

accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • fund a medical care plan

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard

13

verb

Meaning 13

invest money in government securities

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: invest, put, commit, place

14

verb

Meaning 14

provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: supply, provide, render, furnish

15

verb

Meaning 15

place or store up in a fund for accumulation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard

16

verb

Meaning 16

convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: finance

History

Etymology

PIE word *bhudhmḗn Borrowed from Latin fundus. Doublet of fond and fundus.

Across languages

Translations

162 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: fond — sum or source of money
  • Arabic: ذَخِيرَة (ḏaḵīra) — sum or source of money
  • Armenian: հիմնադրամ (himnadram) — sum or source of money
  • Armenian: ֆոնդ (fond) — sum or source of money
  • Azerbaijani: fond — sum or source of money
  • Azerbaijani: sərmayə — sum or source of money
  • Belarusian: фонд (fond) — sum or source of money
  • Bengali: নিধি (nidhi) — sum or source of money
  • Bengali: কোষ (kōś) — sum or source of money
  • Bengali: পুঁজি (pũji) — sum or source of money
  • Bulgarian: фонд (fond) — sum or source of money
  • Bulgarian: капита́л (kapitál) — sum or source of money
  • Burmese: ရန်ပုံငွေ (ranpumngwe) — sum or source of money
  • Chinese Mandarin: 資金 /资金 (zījīn) — sum or source of money
  • Czech: fond — sum or source of money
  • Danish: fond — sum or source of money
  • Dutch: fonds — sum or source of money
  • Esperanto: fonduso — sum or source of money
  • Estonian: fond — sum or source of money
  • Finnish: rahasto — sum or source of money
  • Finnish: varat — sum or source of money
  • Finnish: rahat — sum or source of money
  • Finnish: rahoitus — sum or source of money
  • French: fonds — sum or source of money
  • Georgian: ფონდი (pondi) — sum or source of money
  • German: Kapital — sum or source of money
  • German: Fonds — sum or source of money
  • Greek: απόθεμα (apóthema) — sum or source of money
  • Greek: κεφάλαιο (kefálaio) — sum or source of money
  • Greek: κονδύλι (kondýli) — sum or source of money
  • Hebrew: קֶרֶן (kéren) — sum or source of money
  • Hindi: निधि (nidhi) — sum or source of money
  • Hindi: कोश (koś) — sum or source of money
  • Hindi: पूंजी (pūñjī) — sum or source of money
  • Hungarian: pénzalap — sum or source of money
  • Icelandic: sjóður — sum or source of money
  • Indonesian: dana — sum or source of money
  • Irish: ciste — sum or source of money
  • Italian: fondo — sum or source of money
  • Japanese: 資金 (shikin) — sum or source of money
  • Kazakh: қор (qor) — sum or source of money
  • Kazakh: фонд (fond) — sum or source of money
  • Khmer: ទុន (tun) — sum or source of money
  • Korean: 자금 (jageum) — sum or source of money
  • Northern Kurdish: weqf — sum or source of money
  • Northern Kurdish: fon — sum or source of money
  • Kyrgyz: фонд (fond) — sum or source of money
  • Kyrgyz: кор (kor) — sum or source of money
  • Lao: ທຶນ (thưn) — sum or source of money
  • Latvian: fonds — sum or source of money
  • Lithuanian: fondas — sum or source of money
  • Macedonian: фонд (fond) — sum or source of money
  • Malay: dana — sum or source of money
  • Maltese: fond — sum or source of money
  • Māori: tahua — sum or source of money
  • Mongolian: сан (san) — sum or source of money
  • Mongolian: фонд (fond) — sum or source of money
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fond — sum or source of money
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fond — sum or source of money
  • Pashto: سرمايه (sarmāyá) — sum or source of money
  • Dari: سَرْمَایَه (sarmāya) — sum or source of money
  • Iranian Persian: سَرْمایِه (sarmâye) — sum or source of money
  • Polish: fundusz — sum or source of money
  • Portuguese: fundo — sum or source of money
  • Portuguese: capital — sum or source of money
  • Romanian: fond — sum or source of money
  • Russian: фонд (fond) — sum or source of money
  • Russian: капита́л (kapitál) — sum or source of money
  • Scottish Gaelic: ionmhas — sum or source of money
  • Scottish Gaelic: maoin — sum or source of money
  • Serbo-Croatian: фо̏нд — sum or source of money
  • Serbo-Croatian: fȍnd — sum or source of money
  • Slovak: fond — sum or source of money
  • Slovene: sklad — sum or source of money
  • Slovene: fond — sum or source of money
  • Spanish: fondo — sum or source of money
  • Spanish: capital — sum or source of money
  • Swedish: fond — sum or source of money
  • Swedish: kapital — sum or source of money
  • Tagalog: pondo — sum or source of money
  • Tajik: сармоя (sarmoya) — sum or source of money
  • Tajik: фонд (fond) — sum or source of money
  • Thai: กองทุน (gɔɔng-tun) — sum or source of money
  • Thai: ทุน (tun) — sum or source of money
  • Turkish: sermaye — sum or source of money
  • Turkish: fon — sum or source of money
  • Ottoman Turkish: سرمایه (sermaye) — sum or source of money
  • Turkmen: fond — sum or source of money
  • Ukrainian: фонд (fond) — sum or source of money
  • Urdu: سَرْمایَہ (sarmāya) — sum or source of money
  • Urdu: پُون٘جی (pūñjī) — sum or source of money
  • Uyghur: فوند (fond) — sum or source of money
  • Uyghur: سەرمايە (sermaye) — sum or source of money
  • Uzbek: fond — sum or source of money
  • Uzbek: sarmoya — sum or source of money
  • Vietnamese: quỹ — sum or source of money
  • Yiddish: פֿאָנד (fond) — sum or source of money
  • Belarusian: фонд (fond) — organization
  • Bulgarian: фонд (fond) — organization
  • Chinese Mandarin: 基金 (jījīn) — organization
  • Chinese Mandarin: 基金會 /基金会 (jījīnhuì) — organization
  • Danish: fond — organization
  • Finnish: rahasto — organization
  • Greek: ταμείο (tameío) — organization
  • Hebrew: קֶרֶן (kéren) — organization
  • Japanese: 基金 (kikin) — organization
  • Korean: 기금 (gigeum) — organization
  • Malay: dana — organization
  • Mongolian: сан (san) — organization
  • Mongolian: суурь мөнгө (suurʹ möngö) — organization
  • Mongolian: ᠰᠠᠩ (sang) — organization
  • Mongolian: ᠰᠠᠭᠤᠷᠢ ᠮᠥᠩᠭᠥ (saɣuri mönggö) — organization
  • Polish: fundusz — organization
  • Portuguese: fundação — organization
  • Russian: фонд (fond) — organization
  • Thai: กองทุน (gɔɔng-tun) — organization
  • Ukrainian: фонд (fond) — organization
  • Vietnamese: quỹ — organization
  • Chinese Mandarin: 基金 (jījīn) — money-management operation
  • Finnish: rahasto — money-management operation
  • Russian: фонд (fond) — money-management operation
  • Spanish: fondo — money-management operation
  • Arabic: مَوَّل (mawwal) — to pay for
  • Belarusian: фінансава́ць (finansavácʹ) — to pay for
  • Belarusian: прафінансава́ць (prafinansavácʹ) — to pay for
  • Bulgarian: финанси́рам (finansíram) — to pay for
  • Catalan: finançar — to pay for
  • Czech: platit — to pay for
  • Czech: financovat — to pay for
  • Danish: finansiere — to pay for
  • Dutch: financieren — to pay for
  • Esperanto: financi — to pay for
  • Esperanto: subteni — to pay for
  • Esperanto: monsubteni — to pay for
  • Esperanto: monizi — to pay for
  • Estonian: rahastama — to pay for
  • Finnish: rahoittaa — to pay for
  • Finnish: maksaa — to pay for
  • Finnish: kustantaa — to pay for
  • French: financer — to pay for
  • German: finanzieren — to pay for
  • Greek: χρηματοδοτώ (chrimatodotó) — to pay for
  • Greek: επιχορηγώ (epichorigó) — to pay for
  • Hungarian: finanszíroz — to pay for
  • Italian: finanziare — to pay for
  • Japanese: 融資する (yūshi suru) — to pay for
  • Macedonian: финанси́ра (finansíra) — to pay for
  • Polish: finansować — to pay for
  • Polish: sfinansować — to pay for
  • Portuguese: financiar — to pay for
  • Russian: финанси́ровать (finansírovatʹ) — to pay for
  • Russian: профинанси́ровать (profinansírovatʹ) — to pay for
  • Slovak: financovať — to pay for
  • Spanish: financiar — to pay for
  • Spanish: sufragar — to pay for
  • Spanish: patrocinar — to pay for
  • Spanish: costear — to pay for
  • Swedish: finansiera — to pay for
  • Turkish: finanse etmek — to pay for
  • Ukrainian: фінансува́ти (finansuváty) — to pay for
  • Ukrainian: профінансува́ти (profinansuváty) — to pay for
  • Vietnamese: tài trợ — to pay for