0 an amount of money saved, collected, or provided for a particular purpose:
The hospital has set up a special fund to buy new equipment.
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".
1 to provide the money to pay for an event, activity, or organization:
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:
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.
8 to provide the money for a particular purpose or activity:
The fund provides money to clean up chemically polluted industrial sites.
Her family have contributed £50,000 to the fund.
To ensure security the investment fund has holdings in many companies.
They've set up a fund for victims of the earthquake.
This national fund pays for welfare benefits such as unemployment and sickness pay.
We'll need accurate costings before we can agree to fund the scheme.
Chissano said Western governments should stump up the cash to fund land redistribution.
The Channel Tunnel was jointly funded by the French and British.
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