Meanings
nounfund (plural funds)
plural funds
- An organization managing such money.
- A money-management operation, such as a mutual fund.
Several major funds were declared insolvent recently.
- A large supply of something to be drawn upon.
He drew on his immense fund of knowledge.
2 more examples
an inexhaustible fund of stories
1856 February, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Oliver Goldsmith”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, →OCLCHe was a most likeable and generous man, a Whitworth Scholar, and possessed of a fund of knowledge which seemed to cover every subject under the sun.
1945 January and February, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 14
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies
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Broader
nondepository financial institution
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic ذَخِيرَة, مَوَّل
- ذَخِيرَة (ḏaḵīra)sum or source of money
- مَوَّل (mawwal)to pay for
Bengali নিধি, কোষ
- নিধি (nidhi)sum or source of money
- কোষ (kōś)sum or source of money
- পুঁজি (pũji)sum or source of money
Bulgarian фонд, капита́л
- фонд (fond)sum or source of money
- капита́л (kapitál)sum or source of money
- фонд (fond)organization
- финанси́рам (finansíram)to pay for
Catalan fons, finançar
- fonssum or source of money
- finançarto pay for
Chinese Mandarin 資金 /资金, 基金
- 資金 /资金 (zījīn)sum or source of money
- 基金 (jījīn)organization
- 基金會 /基金会 (jījīnhuì)organization
- 基金 (jījīn)money-management operation
Czech fond, platit
- fondsum or source of money
- platitto pay for
- financovatto pay for
Danish fond, fond
- fondsum or source of money
- fondorganization
- finansiereto pay for
Dutch fonds, financieren
- fondssum or source of money
- financierento pay for
Esperanto fonduso, financi
- fondusosum or source of money
- financito pay for
- subtenito pay for
- monsubtenito pay for
- monizito pay for
Estonian fond, rahastama
- fondsum or source of money
- rahastamato pay for
Finnish rahasto, varat
- rahastosum or source of money
- varatsum or source of money
- rahatsum or source of money
- rahoitussum or source of money
- rahastoorganization
- rahastomoney-management operation
- rahoittaato pay for
- maksaato pay for
- kustantaato pay for
French fonds, financer
- fondssum or source of money
- financerto pay for
German Kapital, Fonds
- Kapitalsum or source of money
- Fondssum or source of money
- finanzierento pay for
Greek απόθεμα, κεφάλαιο
- απόθεμα (apóthema)sum or source of money
- κεφάλαιο (kefálaio)sum or source of money
- κονδύλι (kondýli)sum or source of money
- ταμείο (tameío)organization
- χρηματοδοτώ (chrimatodotó)to pay for
- επιχορηγώ (epichorigó)to pay for
Hebrew קֶרֶן, קֶרֶן
- קֶרֶן (kéren)sum or source of money
- קֶרֶן (kéren)organization
Hindi निधि, कोश
- निधि (nidhi)sum or source of money
- कोश (koś)sum or source of money
- पूंजी (pūñjī)sum or source of money
Hungarian pénzalap, finanszíroz
- pénzalapsum or source of money
- finanszírozto pay for
Icelandic sjóður
- sjóðursum or source of money
Indonesian dana
- danasum or source of money
Irish ciste
- cistesum or source of money
Italian fondo, finanziare
- fondosum or source of money
- finanziareto pay for
Japanese 資金, 基金
- 資金 (shikin)sum or source of money
- 基金 (kikin)organization
- 融資する (yūshi suru)to pay for
Korean 자금, 기금
- 자금 (jageum)sum or source of money
- 기금 (gigeum)organization
Latvian fonds
- fondssum or source of money
Lithuanian fondas
- fondassum or source of money
Malay dana, dana
- danasum or source of money
- danaorganization
Māori tahua
- tahuasum or source of money
Norwegian Bokmål fond
- fondsum or source of money
Polish fundusz, fundusz
- funduszsum or source of money
- funduszorganization
- finansowaćto pay for
- sfinansowaćto pay for
Portuguese fundo, capital
- fundosum or source of money
- capitalsum or source of money
- fundaçãoorganization
- financiarto pay for
Romanian fond
- fondsum or source of money
Russian фонд, капита́л
- фонд (fond)sum or source of money
- капита́л (kapitál)sum or source of money
- фонд (fond)organization
- фонд (fond)money-management operation
- финанси́ровать (finansírovatʹ)to pay for
- профинанси́ровать (profinansírovatʹ)to pay for
Scottish Gaelic ionmhas, maoin
- ionmhassum or source of money
- maoinsum or source of money
Slovak fond, financovať
- fondsum or source of money
- financovaťto pay for
Spanish fondo, capital
- fondosum or source of money
- capitalsum or source of money
- fondomoney-management operation
- financiarto pay for
- sufragarto pay for
- patrocinarto pay for
- costearto pay for
Swedish fond, kapital
- fondsum or source of money
- kapitalsum or source of money
- finansierato pay for
Tagalog pondo
- pondosum or source of money
Thai กองทุน, ทุน
- กองทุน (gɔɔng-tun)sum or source of money
- ทุน (tun)sum or source of money
- กองทุน (gɔɔng-tun)organization
Turkish sermaye, fon
- sermayesum or source of money
- fonsum or source of money
- finanse etmekto pay for
Ukrainian фонд, фонд
- фонд (fond)sum or source of money
- фонд (fond)organization
- фінансува́ти (finansuváty)to pay for
- профінансува́ти (profinansuváty)to pay for
Urdu سَرْمایَہ, پُون٘جی
- سَرْمایَہ (sarmāya)sum or source of money
- پُون٘جی (pūñjī)sum or source of money
Vietnamese quỹ, quỹ
- quỹsum or source of money
- quỹorganization
- tài trợto pay for
Yiddish פֿאָנד
- פֿאָנד (fond)sum or source of money
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with fund
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APA
fund. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fund
MLA
“fund.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fund. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fund,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fund.
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