fund
♦♦♦ fund /f'ʌnd/ (funds funding funded)
1 [N-PLURAL]
Funds are amounts of money that are available to be spent, especially money that is given to an organization or person for a particular purpose.
The concert will raise funds for research into Aids.
...government funds.
see also fund-raising
2 [N-COUNT] oft n N
A fund is an amount of money that is collected or saved for a particular purpose.
...a scholarship fund for undergraduate engineering students.
see also trust fund
3 [VERB] V n, V-ed
When a person or organization funds something, they provide money for it.
The airport is being privately funded by a construction group.
...a new privately funded scheme.
= finance
● -funded [COMB in ADJ]
...government-funded institutions.
4 [N-COUNT] N of n
If you have a fund of something, you have a lot of it.
He is possessed of an extraordinary fund of energy.hedge fund (hedge funds)
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A hedge fund is an investment fund that invests large amounts of money using methods that involve a lot of risk. (BUSINESS)mu|tu|al fund (mutual funds)
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A mutual fund is an organization which invests money in many different kinds of business and which offers units for sale to the public as an investment. (AM BUSINESS; in BRIT, use unit trust)slush fund (slush funds)
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A slush fund is a sum of money collected to pay for an illegal activity, especially in politics or business.
He's accused of misusing $17.5 million from a secret government slush fund.track|er fund /tr'ækərf'ʌnd/ (tracker funds)
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A tracker fund is an investment in which shares in different companies are bought and sold so that the value of the shares held always matches the average value of shares in all or part of a stock market. (mainly BRIT BUSINESS)trust fund (trust funds)
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A trust fund is an amount of money or property that someone owns, usually after inheriting it, but which is kept and invested for them.
1 [N-PLURAL]
Funds are amounts of money that are available to be spent, especially money that is given to an organization or person for a particular purpose.
The concert will raise funds for research into Aids.
...government funds.
see also fund-raising
2 [N-COUNT] oft n N
A fund is an amount of money that is collected or saved for a particular purpose.
...a scholarship fund for undergraduate engineering students.
see also trust fund
3 [VERB] V n, V-ed
When a person or organization funds something, they provide money for it.
The airport is being privately funded by a construction group.
...a new privately funded scheme.
= finance
● -funded [COMB in ADJ]
...government-funded institutions.
4 [N-COUNT] N of n
If you have a fund of something, you have a lot of it.
He is possessed of an extraordinary fund of energy.hedge fund (hedge funds)
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A hedge fund is an investment fund that invests large amounts of money using methods that involve a lot of risk. (BUSINESS)mu|tu|al fund (mutual funds)
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A mutual fund is an organization which invests money in many different kinds of business and which offers units for sale to the public as an investment. (AM BUSINESS; in BRIT, use unit trust)slush fund (slush funds)
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A slush fund is a sum of money collected to pay for an illegal activity, especially in politics or business.
He's accused of misusing $17.5 million from a secret government slush fund.track|er fund /tr'ækərf'ʌnd/ (tracker funds)
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A tracker fund is an investment in which shares in different companies are bought and sold so that the value of the shares held always matches the average value of shares in all or part of a stock market. (mainly BRIT BUSINESS)trust fund (trust funds)
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A trust fund is an amount of money or property that someone owns, usually after inheriting it, but which is kept and invested for them.