fund

B1 Topic:Personal Finance

US /ˈfʌnd/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like fond /ʌ/ vs /ɑ/

Freq #4182

Meanings

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

verb
To provide money to pay for something.

The government funds basic research in many areas.
3

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

Several major funds were declared insolvent recently.
4

noun
A large supply of something to draw on.

He drew on his immense fund of knowledge.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · an amount of money saved or... monetary fund

3 noun · an organization that... investment company

Word family

Forms fundedfundsunfunded

Derived forms co-fundcrowdfunddefundfund-raiserfund-raisingfundablefundagefunderfundholderfundholdingfundlessfundraise

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Simplified etymology

Fund, recorded from the early 17th century, ultimately comes from a secondary sense of Latin fundus, “landed property”; the word’s more basic meaning was “bottom” or “base.”

Etymology

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

fundus Latin

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Topics

Personal Finance Money & Finance

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# fund

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈfʌnd/
**Frequency rank:** 4182

## Meanings
1. An amount of money saved or set aside for a particular purpose.
2. To provide money to pay for something.
3. An organization that invests people's money, such as a mutual fund.
4. A large supply of something to draw on.

## Examples
- They set up a fund to repair the village hall.
- The government funds basic research in many areas.
- Several major funds were declared insolvent recently.
- He drew on his immense fund of knowledge.

## Derived Forms
- co-fund
- crowdfund
- defund
- fund-raiser
- fund-raising
- fundable
- fundage
- funder
- fundholder
- fundholding
- fundless
- fundraise

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: fundus

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

## AI Etymology
Fund has a PIE background in *bʰudʰmḗn. Fund was borrowed from Latin fundus. Doublet of fond and fundus. In current use, the main senses are “An amount of money saved or set aside for a particular purpose” and “To provide money to pay for something”.

## Topics
- Personal Finance
- Money & Finance

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