1.  fund(n = noun.possession) monetary fund - a reserve of money set aside for some purpose; Array
is a kind of money
has particulars: mutual fund, revolving fund, sinking fund, nest egg, savings, pension fund, superannuation fund, war chest, slush fund, trust fund, bank deposit, deposit, budget, petty cash
Derived forms verb fund₆, verb fund₂

2.  fund(n = noun.possession) stock, store - a supply of something available for future use; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars"
is a kind of accumulation
has particulars: base, infrastructure, cache, hoard, stash, provision, government issue, issue, military issue, seed stock

3.  fund(n = noun.group) investment company, investment firm, investment trust - a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies; Array
is a kind of nondepository financial institution
has particulars: hedge fund, hedgefund, mutual fund, mutual fund company, open-end fund, open-end investment company, closed-end fund, closed-end investment company, face-amount certificate company, real estate investment trust, reit, unit investment trust, unit trust, fixed investment trust, nondiscretionary trust
Derived forms verb fund₄, verb fund₃

1.  fund(v = verb.possession) Array - convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds; Array
is one way to finance
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

2.  fund(v = verb.possession) Array - place or store up in a fund for accumulation; Array
is one way to accumulate, amass, collect, compile, hoard, pile up, roll up
Derived form noun fund₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

3.  fund(v = verb.possession) Array - provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest; Array
is one way to furnish, provide, render, supply
Derived form noun fund₃
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

4.  fund(v = verb.possession) Array - invest money in government securities; Array
is one way to commit, invest, place, put
Derived form noun fund₃
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

5.  fund(v = verb.possession) Array - accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability; "fund a medical care plan"
is one way to accumulate, amass, collect, compile, hoard, pile up, roll up
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

6.  fund(v = verb.possession) Array - furnish money for; "The government funds basic research in many areas"
is one way to support
Derived forms noun fund₁, noun funding₂, noun funding₁
Sample sentences: They fund him to write the letter

1.  An aggregation or deposit of resources from which supplies are or may be drawn for carrying on any work, or for maintaining existence. [1913 Webster]

2.  A stock or capital; a sum of money appropriated as the foundation of some commercial or other operation undertaken with a view to profit; that reserve by means of which expenses and credit are supported; as, the fund of a bank, commercial house, manufacturing corporation, etc. [1913 Webster]

3.  The stock of a national debt; public securities; evidences (stocks or bonds) of money lent to government, for which interest is paid at prescribed intervals; -- called also public funds. [1913 Webster]

4.  An invested sum, whose income is devoted to a specific object; as, the fund of an ecclesiastical society; a fund for the maintenance of lectures or poor students; also, money systematically collected to meet the expenses of some permanent object. [1913 Webster]

5.  A store laid up, from which one may draw at pleasure; a supply; a full provision of resources; as, a fund of wisdom or good sense. [1913 Webster]
"An inexhaustible fund of stories." [1913 Webster]

1.  To provide and appropriate a fund or permanent revenue for the payment of the interest of; to make permanent provision of resources (as by a pledge of revenue from customs) for discharging the interest of or principal of; as, to fund government notes. [1913 Webster]

2.  To place in a fund, as money. [1913 Webster]

3.  To put into the form of bonds or stocks bearing regular interest; as, to fund the floating debt. [1913 Webster]

fund, n. & v.
--n.
1 a permanent stock of something ready to be drawn upon (a fund of knowledge; a fund of tenderness).
2 a stock of money, esp. one set apart for a purpose.
3 (in pl.) money resources.
4 (in pl.; prec. by the) Brit. the stock of the National Debt (as a mode of investment).
--v.tr.
1 provide with money.
2 convert (a floating debt) into a more or less permanent debt at fixed interest.
3 put into a fund.

Idiom:
fund-raiser a person who seeks financial support for a cause, enterprise, etc. fund-raising the seeking of financial support. in funds colloq. having money to spend.

Etymology:
L fundus bottom, piece of land

N  store, stock, fund, mine, vein, lode, quarry, spring, fount, fountain, well, wellspring, milch cow, stock in trade, supply, heap, treasure, reserve, corps de reserve, reserved fund, nest egg, savings, bonne bouche, crop, harvest, mow, vintage, store, accumulation, hoard, rick, stack, lumber, relay, storehouse, storeroom, storecloset, depository, depot, cache, repository, reservatory, repertory, repertorium, promptuary, warehouse, entrepot, magazine, buttery, larder, spence, garner, granary, cannery, safe-deposit vault, stillroom, thesaurus, bank, armory, arsenal, dock, gallery, museum, conservatory, menagery, menagerie, reservoir, cistern, aljibar, tank, pond, mill pond, gasometer, budget, quiver, bandolier, portfolio, coffer, conservation, storing, storage, keep, file (papers), lay in, preserve, Adj, stored, in store, in reserve, in ordinary, spare, supernumerary, adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit.

VB  store, put by, lay by, set by, stow away, set apart, lay apart, store treasure, hoard treasure, lay up, heap up, put up, garner up, save up, bank, cache, accumulate, amass, hoard, fund, garner, save, reserve, keep back, hold back, husband, husband one's resources, deposit, stow, stack, load, harvest, heap, collect, lay in store Adj, keep, file (papers), lay in, preserve.

closed-end fund, endowment fund, fund raise, hedge fund, imprest fund, index fund, international monetary fund, monetary fund, mutual fund, open-end fund, pension fund, reserve fund, retirement fund, revolving fund, sinking fund, slush fund, superannuation fund, trust fund, united nations children's fund