[
US
/ˈfənd/
]
[ UK /fˈʌnd/ ]
[ UK /fˈʌnd/ ]
VERB
- provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest
- convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds
- invest money in government securities
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furnish money for
The government funds basic research in many areas -
accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability
fund a medical care plan - place or store up in a fund for accumulation
NOUN
-
a supply of something available for future use
he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars - a reserve of money set aside for some purpose
- a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies
How To Use fund In A Sentence
- Hmm... a bit of Googling produces this short book review by Charles Solomon, which has the line: "As an essayist, Didion lacks the hyaline profundity of Susan Sontag or the classical erudition of Marguerite Yourcenar ... Making Light: Open thread 136
- However, we still rely entirely on the generosity of the public for funding.
- When the new student funding system was devised in 2010 the figure was just 28%. Times, Sunday Times
- So they set up this fund to compensate victims in serious cases of abuse.
- Mr Smith said the department's own funds, which have bankrolled major improvements in the naval service, had been well tapped and it was now time to explore new ways of funding.
- Young barristers undertaking publicly funded work frequently earn very little in their first years. Times, Sunday Times
- The currency fund can be leveraged up to five times the value of its underlying assets.
- Upon completion of the donated public welfare project, the donee shall inform the donor of the construction, use of the funds and checking and acceptance of the construction quality.
- The severity, universality, complexity of peasant burden overweight, is to determined fundamentally that solving peasant burden overweight needs long period of time and arduousness of problem.
- Britain's worst jail riot will force a fundamental reappraisal of prison policy.
