fund
fund / fənd/ • n. a sum of money saved or made available for a particular purpose: he had set up a fund to coordinate economic investment. ∎ (funds) financial resources: the misuse of public funds. ∎ a large stock or supply of something: a vast fund of information. ∎ (the funds) Brit. the stock of the national debt (as a mode of investment). ∎ an organization set up for the administration and management of a monetary fund.• v. [tr.] provide with money for a particular purpose: the World Bank refused to fund the project | [in comb.] government-funded research. PHRASES: in funds Brit. having money to spend.
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fund
A. †bottom, foundation, basis;
B. source of supply; stock of money. XVII. refash. of †fond after L. fundus BOTTOM, piece of land, farm, estate, which is the ult. source of F. fond bottom, basis, and fonds stock; Eng. fond and fund were used XVII indifferently in both these senses.
Hence vb. XVIII.
A. †bottom, foundation, basis;
B. source of supply; stock of money. XVII. refash. of †fond after L. fundus BOTTOM, piece of land, farm, estate, which is the ult. source of F. fond bottom, basis, and fonds stock; Eng. fond and fund were used XVII indifferently in both these senses.
Hence vb. XVIII.
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