Meaning of fund In English

• 0 an amount of money saved, collected, or provided for a particular purpose:

  • a pension/trust fund

  • The hospital has set up a special fund to buy new equipment.

  • Contributions are being sought for the disaster fund.

  • Following the repairs to the roof, church funds are now seriously depleted.

  • The president has agreed to allocate further funds to develop the new submarine.

  • informal "Can I borrow £50?" "I'm a little short of/low on funds (= I have little money) at the moment".

  • She has a fund of knowledge on the subject.

• 1 to provide the money to pay for an event, activity, or organization:

  • The company has agreed to fund my trip to Australia.

  • The new college is being privately funded (= money for it is not being provided from taxes).

• 2 a sum of money saved and made available for a particular purpose:

  • a scholarship fund for college students

  • the company’s pension fund

• 3 to provide the money to pay for an event, activity, or organization:

  • He plans to donate money to fund health centers.

• 4 money invested in a range of shares, bonds, etc. often along with other investors' money:

  • The proposed performance table requires disclosure of a fund's returns for fiscal year periods.

  • The fund's performance is linked to swings in gas prices, which are difficult to predict.

  • fund shares/shareholders

• 5 an amount of money saved or collected for a particular purpose:

  • set up/establish a fund The government set up an emergency fund to help disaster victims.

• 6 an organization that collects and manages an amount of money for investing in a particular purpose:

  • the European Regional Development Fund

• 7 the financial resources that a business, organization, or project has available:

  • raise/provide/generate funds A new shares issue was launched to raise funds for the acquisition.

  • sufficient/insufficient funds Experts have criticized the Government for committing insufficient funds to the state pension.

  • obtain/receive/secure funds

  • be short of/run out of/need funds

• 8 to provide the money for a particular purpose or activity:

  • Fears continue to grow that the Government's bailout will not be enough to fund the industry's recovery.

  • partially/wholly/fully funded The research was partially funded by Roche Applied Science.

  • government/privately funded

  • The regeneration program is funded by EU money.