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fund  audio  (fnd) KEY 

NOUN:
  1. A source of supply; a stock: a fund of goodwill.
    1. A sum of money or other resources set aside for a specific purpose: a pension fund.
    2. funds Available money; ready cash: short on funds.
  3. funds The stock of the British permanent national debt, considered as public securities. Used with the.
  4. An organization established to administer and manage a sum of money.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
fund·ed, fund·ing, funds
  1. To provide money for paying off the interest or principal of (a debt).
  2. To convert into a long-term or floating debt with fixed interest payments.
  3. To place in a fund for accumulation.
  4. To furnish a fund for: funded the space program.
ETYMOLOGY:
Latin fundus, bottom, piece of land


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