FUND
\fˈʌnd], \fˈʌnd], \f_ˈʌ_n_d]\
Definitions of FUND
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies
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a reserve of money set aside for some purpose
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furnish money for; "The government funds basic research in many areas"
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accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability; "fund a medical care plan"
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invest money in government securities
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provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest
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place or store up in a fund for accumulation
By Princeton University
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a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies
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a reserve of money set aside for some purpose
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furnish money for; "The government funds basic research in many areas"
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accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability; "fund a medical care plan"
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invest money in government securities
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provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest
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place or store up in a fund for accumulation
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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An aggregation or deposit of resources from which supplies are or may be drawn for carrying on any work, or for maintaining existence.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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To place in a fund, as money.
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To put into the form of bonds or stocks bearing regular interest; as, to fund the floating debt.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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An aggregation or deposit of resources from which supplies are or may be drawn for carrying on any work, or for maintaining existence.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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To place in a fund, as money.
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To put into the form of bonds or stocks bearing regular interest; as, to fund the floating debt.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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The obtaining and management of funds for institutional needs and responsibility for fiscal affairs.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Stock or capital; money set apart for carrying out some permanent or temporary object; a stock in reserve.
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A permanent debt due by the government on which interest is paid; money.
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To place in or turn into, a fund.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A stock; capital; accumulated store.
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To convert a debt into interest-bearing stock; place money in a fund.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To convert into a single fund secured by stocks or bonds.
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A sum of money or stock of convertible wealth; a reserve; ample stock.
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Money lent to a government; a funded debt; used in the plural.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Latin] A stock or capital; an invested sum whose income is devoted to a specific object;—a store laid up from which one may draw at pleasure; a supply; hence, abundance; ample stock or store;—pl. The stock of a national debt; public securities.
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