noun
Meaning 1
plural of fund
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
funds
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /fʌndz/
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General-American: /fʌndz/
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General-American: [fəndz]
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rhymes with -ʌndz
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CMU ARPABET: F AH1 N D Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Financial resources.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Examples
- I don’t know if I have the funds for this.
- I'm a little short of funds at the moment.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: purse
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Permanent debts due by a government and paying interest.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
third-person singular simple present indicative of fund
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
assets in the form of money
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: finances, monetary resource, cash in hand, pecuniary resource
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: assets
Narrower terms: bank, bankroll, roll, pocket, Medicaid funds, treasury, exchequer, money supply, escrow funds, matching funds
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: fons — financial resources
- Chinese Mandarin: 資金 /资金 (zījīn) — financial resources
- Danish: midler — financial resources
- French: fonds — financial resources
- German: Geldmittel — financial resources
- German: Gelder — financial resources
- Hebrew: מָמוֹן (mamón) — financial resources
- Hindi: कोश (koś) — financial resources
- Hindi: निधि (nidhi) — financial resources
- Japanese: 資金 (shikin) — financial resources
- Latvian: līdzekļi — financial resources
- Polish: środki (finansowe) — financial resources
- Russian: сре́дства (srédstva) — financial resources
- Russian: фо́нды (fóndy) — financial resources
- Russian: ресу́рсы (resúrsy) — financial resources
- Scottish Gaelic: ionmhas — financial resources
- Scottish Gaelic: maoin — financial resources
- Spanish: fondos — financial resources
- Swedish: kapitaltäckning — financial resources
- Swedish: medel — financial resources
- Swedish: pengar — financial resources
- Swedish: tillgångar — financial resources
- Swedish: täckning — financial resources
- Ukrainian: ко́шти (kóšty) — financial resources
Real reading context