fund

1a :  to make provision of resources for discharging the interest or principal ofb :  to provide funds for a federally funded program

2 :  to place in a fund :  accumulate

3 :  to convert into a debt that is payable either at a distant date or at no definite date and that bears a fixed interest fund a floating debt

fundamental

1 :  a sum of money for a special purpose a book fund

2 funds plural :  available money I'm out of funds until I get paid.

3 :  ¹stock 1, supply a fund of knowledge

1 :  a sum of money or other resources whose principal or interest is set aside for a specific objective client security fund :  a fund established by each state to compensate clients for losses suffered due to their attorneys' misappropriation of funds common trust fund :  an in-house trust fund established by a bank trust department to pool the assets of many small trusts for greater diversification in investing executor fund :  a fund established in estate planning to provide for the payment of final expenses by an executor joint welfare fund :  a fund that is established by collective bargaining to provide health and welfare benefits to employees and that is jointly administered by representatives of labor and management paid–in fund :  a reserve cash fund in lieu of a capital stock account set up by mutual insurance companies to cover unforeseen losses sinking fund :  a fund set up and accumulated by regular deposits for paying off the principal on a debt or for other specified purposes (as self-insurance) strike fund :  a fund accumulated by a union through special assessments or from general funds and used to pay striking workers or for other strike-related activities Taft–Hartley fund \ˈtaft-ˈhärt-lē-\ after the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947, which established it :  joint welfare fund in this entry trust fund :  property (as money or securities) settled or held in a trust

2 :  an organization administering a special fund exchange–traded fund :  a fund that is similar to an index fund in tracking a stock index but that is traded on the stock market growth fund :  a mutual fund that invests in the stock of growth companies hedge fund :  an investing group usually in the form of a limited partnership that employs speculative techniques in the hope of obtaining large capital gains index fund :  a mutual fund that invests to reflect the composition of the market as a whole by matching its investments to a stock index mutual fund :  an investment company that invests its shareholders' money in a usually diversified group of securities of other companies vulture fund :  an investment company that buys up bankrupt or insolvent companies with the goal of reorganizing them so they can be profitably resold as going concerns

1a :  to make provision of resources for discharging the principal or interest of b :  to provide financial resources for

2 :  to place in a fund

3 :  to convert into a debt that is payable either at a distant date or at no definite date and that bears a fixed interest