fund

[US]/fʌnd/
[UK]/fʌnd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a sum of money saved or made available for a particular purpose, a reserve of money
vt. to provide money for (a project or organization), to allocate money for

Phrases & Collocations

investment fund

hedge fund

mutual fund

pension fund

emergency fund

provident fund

capital fund

international monetary fund

accumulation fund

fund manager

insurance fund

fund raising

exchange fund

housing fund

trust fund

in funds

development fund

raise fund

reserve fund

bond fund

open-end fund

Example Sentences

a fund of goodwill.

a fund of information

a vast fund of information.

the fund went walkies.

The funds are not forthcoming.

accumulating a fund by increments.

funds on deposit with a broker.

funds at our disposal.

embezzlement of funds

funds set apart for the project.

Federal funds were not forthcoming.

created a trust fund;

funded the space program.

appropriating funds for education.

funds for the completion of the new building.

she hit on a novel idea for fund-raising.

they leapt at the opportunity to combine fun with fund-raising.

funds essential to the completion of the project;

funding of the arts is paltry.

Real-world Examples

The research was primarily funded by the government.

Source: Lai Shixiong Advanced English Vocabulary 3500

These guys are not going to get funded.

Source: Monetary Banking (Video Version)

Convincing politicians to cough up more funds will be tough.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

They also outperform most actively managed funds over time.

Source: Reader's Digest Anthology

You blow through your trust fund already?

Source: The Vampire Diaries Season 2

I just moved in my matching funds.

Source: Leverage

This is a kind of mutual fund. Mutual funds invest money from many people.

Source: VOA Special September 2013 Collection

And she would eventually fund the spiral jetty.

Source: Secrets of Masterpieces

But other leaders have welcomed the promised funds.

Source: BBC Listening February 2016 Collection

The trick is to direct these funds better.

Source: Past exam questions of new reading types in the postgraduate entrance examination.

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