1. A reserve of money set aside for some purpose
   "The city established a monetary fund for emergency relief";
   - monetary fund
    
2. A supply of something available for future use
   "They maintained a fund for emergencies";
   - store, stock, arsenal
    
3. A financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies
   "The fund managed a diverse portfolio of stocks and bonds";
   - investment company, investment trust, investment firm

1. Furnish money for
   "The government funds basic research in many areas"
    
2. Place or store up in a fund for accumulation
   "They funded their retirement savings over many years"
    
3. Provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest
   "The government funded the new infrastructure project"
    
4. Invest money in government securities
   "The company funded millions in treasury bonds"
    
5. Accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability
   "fund a medical care plan"
    
6. Convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds
   "The corporation funded its short-term debt to improve cash flow"

Derived forms: funded, funds, funding

See also: pay

Type of: accumulate, accumulation, amass, boodle [informal], brass [Brit, informal], bread [informal], cabbage [US, informal], clams [US, informal], coin [US, informal], collect, commit, compile, dibs [archaic, informal], dinero [N. Amer, informal], dosh [Brit, informal], dough [informal], finance, furnish, gelt [informal], hoard, invest, kale [US, informal], lettuce [US, informal], lolly [Brit, informal], loot [informal], lucre [informal], mazuma [US, informal], money, moola [N. Amer, informal], moolah [N. Amer, informal], nondepository financial institution, offer, pelf [archaic, informal], pile up, place, provide, put, render, roll up, scratch [informal], shekels [informal], simoleons [US, informal], spondulicks [Brit, informal], spondulix [Brit, informal], sugar [informal], supply, support, wampum [N. Amer, informal], wonga [Brit, informal]

Encyclopedia: Fund, John