fund

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An amount of money saved or set aside for a particular purpose.

   They set up a fund to repair the village hall.

2. 2
   verb

   To provide money to pay for something.

   The government funds basic research in many areas.

3. 3
   noun

   An organization that invests people's money, such as a mutual fund.

   Several major funds were declared insolvent recently.

4. 4
   noun

   A large supply of something to draw on.

   He drew on his immense fund of knowledge.

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

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