fund

fund

See also: Fund

English

Etymology

PIE word
*bʰudʰmḗn

Borrowed from French fond, from Latin fundus. Doublet of fond and fundus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʌnd/

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ʌnd

Noun

fund (plural funds)

1. A sum or source of money.

   the fund of a bank, commercial house, manufacturing corporation, etc.

   a fund for the maintenance of underprivileged students

2. An organization managing such money.
3. A money-management operation, such as a mutual fund.

   Several major funds were declared insolvent recently.

4. A large supply of something to be drawn upon.

   He drew on his immense fund of knowledge.

   • 1856 February​, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Oliver Goldsmith [from the Encyclopædia Britannica]”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, OCLC 30956848:

     an inexhaustible fund of stories

   • 1945 January and February, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 14:

     He was a most likeable and generous man, a Whitworth Scholar, and possessed of a fund of knowledge which seemed to cover every subject under the sun.

Derived terms

• alternative investment fund
• balanced fund
• bond fund
• chit fund
• closed-end fund
• consolidated fund
• contingencies fund
• equity fund
• feeder fund
• forfeiture fund
• fund house
• fund of funds
• fund-raising
• go-go fund
• growth fund
• health fund
• hedge fund
• honey fund
• income fund
• index fund
• investment fund
• load fund
• master fund
• money-market fund
• money market fund
• mutual fund
• no-load fund
• open-end fund
• pension fund
• pooled fund
• provident fund
• quant fund
• road fund licence
• sinking fund
• slush fund
• sovereign wealth fund
• stock fund
• trust fund
• trust fund baby
• umbrella fund
• vulture fund
• wage-fund doctrine
• yellow dog fund

 

Translations

sum or source of money

Arabic: ذَخِيرَة‎ f (ḏaḵīra) Armenian: հիմնադրամ (hy) (himnadram) Belarusian: фонд m (fond) Bulgarian: фонд m (fond), капита́л (bg) m (kapitál) Chinese: Mandarin: 資金／资金 (zh) (zījīn) Czech: fond (cs) m Danish: fond (da) c or n Dutch: fonds (nl) n Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Estonian: fond (et) Finnish: rahasto (fi), varat (fi), rahat (fi), rahoitus (fi) French: fonds (fr) m Georgian: ფონდი (pondi) German: Kapital (de) n, Fonds (de) n Greek: απόθεμα (el) n (apóthema), κεφάλαιο (el) n (kefálaio), κονδύλι (el) n (kondýli) Hebrew: קֶרֶן‎ (he) f (kéren) Indonesian: dana (id) Italian: fondo (it) m Japanese: 資金 (ja) (しきん, shikin) Khmer: ទុន (km) (tun) Korean: 자금(資金) (ko) (jageum) Latvian: fonds m Lithuanian: fondas m Macedonian: фонд m (fond) Maori: tahua Norwegian: Bokmål: fond n Nynorsk: fond n Polish: fundusz (pl) m Portuguese: fundo (pt), capital (pt) Romanian: fond (ro) n Russian: фонд (ru) m (fond), капита́л (ru) m (kapitál) Scottish Gaelic: ionmhas m, maoin f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: фо̏нд m Roman: fȍnd (sh) m Slovak: fond (sk) m Slovene: sklad m, fond m Spanish: fondo (es) m, capital (es) m Swedish: fond (sv) c, kapital (sv) n Tagalog: pondo Thai: กองทุน (th) (gɔɔng-tun), ทุน (th) (tun) Ukrainian: фонд (fond) Vietnamese: quỹ (vi)

organization

Belarusian: фонд m (fond) Bulgarian: фонд m (fond) Chinese: Mandarin: 基金 (zh) (jījīn), (a charitable foundation) 基金會／基金会 (zh) (jījīnhuì) Danish: fond (da) c or n Finnish: rahasto (fi) Greek: ταμείο (el) n (tameío) Hebrew: קֶרֶן‎ (he) f (kéren) Japanese: 基金 (ja) (ききん, kikin) Korean: 기금(基金) (ko) (gigeum) Malay: dana (ms) Mongolian: Cyrillic: сан (mn) (san), суурь мөнгө (suurʹ möngö) Mongolian: ᠰᠠᠩ (saŋ), ᠰᠠᠭᠤᠷᠢ ᠮᠥᠩᠭᠥ (saɣuri möŋgö) Polish: fundusz (pl) m Portuguese: fundação (pt) Russian: фонд (ru) m (fond) Thai: กองทุน (th) (gɔɔng-tun) Ukrainian: фонд m (fond)

money-management operation

Chinese: Mandarin: 基金 (zh) (jījīn) Finnish: rahasto (fi) Spanish: fondo (es) m

Verb

fund (third-person singular simple present funds, present participle funding, simple past and past participle funded)

1. (transitive) To pay or provide money for.

   He used his inheritance to fund his gambling addiction.

2. (transitive) To place (money) in a fund.
3. (transitive) To form a debt into a stock charged with interest.

Derived terms

• defund
• part-fund
• self-fund
• unfund

Translations

to pay for

Belarusian: фінансава́ць impf or pf (finansavácʹ), прафінансава́ць pf (prafinansavácʹ) Bulgarian: финанси́рам impf or pf (finansíram) Czech: platit (cs) impf, financovat (cs) impf or pf Danish: finansiere Dutch: financieren (nl) Estonian: rahastama Finnish: rahoittaa (fi), maksaa (fi), kustantaa (fi) French: financer (fr) German: finanzieren (de) Greek: χρηματοδοτώ (el) (chrimatodotó), επιχορηγώ (el) (epichorigó) Hungarian: finanszíroz (hu) Italian: finanziare (it) Japanese: 融資する (ja) (ゆうしする, yūshi suru) Macedonian: финанси́ра impf or pf (finansíra) Polish: finansować (pl) impf, sfinansować (pl) pf Portuguese: financiar (pt) Russian: финанси́ровать (ru) impf or pf (finansírovatʹ), профинанси́ровать (ru) pf (profinansírovatʹ) Slovak: financovať impf or pf Spanish: financiar (es), sufragar (es) m, patrocinar (es) Swedish: finansiera (sv) Turkish: finanse etmek (tr) Ukrainian: фінансува́ти impf or pf (finansuváty), профінансува́ти pf (profinansuváty) Vietnamese: tài trợ (vi)

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Albanian

Alternative forms

• fun, funn (Gheg) [fũn] [1]

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fundus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fund]

Noun

fund m (indefinite plural funde, definite singular fundi, definite plural fundet)

1. end
2. bottom (lowest part)
3. skirt

Declension

Declension of fund

	indefinite forms (trajta të pashquara)			definite forms (trajta të shquara)
	singular (numri njëjës)	plural (numri shumës)		singular (numri njëjës)	plural (numri shumës)
nominative (emërore)	(një) fund	(disa) funde		fundi	fundet
accusative (kallëzore)	(një) fund	(disa) funde		fundin	fundet
genitive (gjinore) (i/e/të/së)	(një) fundi	(disa) fundeve		fundit	fundevet
dative (dhanore)	(një) fundi	(disa) fundeve		fundit	fundevet
ablative (rrjedhore) (prej)	(një) fundi	(disa) fundesh		fundit	fundevet

Derived terms

• fundërri (Tosk) [2]
• fundi (Tosk), funi (Gheg)
• fundit (Tosk), funit (Gheg)
• fundor (Tosk), funor (Gheg)

References

1. Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 33, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
2. Dictionnaire Français-Albanais / Fjalor Shqip-Frengjisht, page 462, Vedat Kokona, Tiranë, 2002, →ISBN

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

• fundu, afundu

Noun

fund n

1. Alternative form of fundu

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Danish

Etymology

Verbal noun to finde (“to find”). Compare Old Norse fundr and German Fund.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɔnˀ]

Noun

fund n (singular definite fundet, plural indefinite fund)

1. find
2. bargain
3. discovery

Inflection

Declension of fund

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fund	fundet	fund	fundene
genitive	funds	fundets	funds	fundenes

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Icelandic

Noun

fund

1. indefinite accusative singular of fundur

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Middle English

Noun

fund (plural fundes)

1. Alternative form of feend

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Old Norse

Noun

fund

1. accusative/dative singular of fundr

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin fundus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn. Doublet of fond, which was borrowed from French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fund]

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

fund n (plural funduri)

1. bottom
2. backside; buttocks

Declension

Declension of fund

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) fund	fundul	(niște) funduri	fundurile
genitive/dative	(unui) fund	fundului	(unor) funduri	fundurilor
vocative	fundule		fundurilor

Derived terms

• fundaș

Related terms

• afunda
• cufunda
• funda
• fundament
• fundație
• înfunda
• scufunda

See also

• șezut
• popou
• bucă

References

• fund in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)