fund B1 Topic:Money & 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. 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 Common collocations fund raiser Noun + noun slush fund Noun + noun Etymology AI details PIE word *bʰudʰmḗn Borrowed from Latin fundus. Doublet of fond and fundus. fundus Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Money & Finance External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 - Money & Finance markdown