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FUND

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies

Synonyms:

fund; investment company; investment firm; investment trust

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("fund" is a kind of...):

nondepository financial institution (a financial institution that funds their investment activities from the sale of securities or insurance)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fund"):

hedge fund; hedgefund (a flexible investment company for a small number of large investors (usually the minimum investment is $1 million); can use high-risk techniques (not allowed for mutual funds) such as short-selling and heavy leveraging)

mutual fund; mutual fund company; open-end fund; open-end investment company (a regulated investment company with a pool of assets that regularly sells and redeems its shares)

closed-end fund; closed-end investment company (a regulated investment company that issues a fixed number of shares which are listed on a stock market)

face-amount certificate company (a regulated investment company that pays a stated amount to certificate holders on a stated maturity date)

Real Estate Investment Trust; REIT (an investment trust that owns and manages a pool of commercial properties and mortgages and other real estate assets; shares can be bought and sold in the stock market)

unit investment trust; unit trust (a regulated investment company consisting of professional managers who issue redeemable securities representing a portfolio of many different securities)

fixed investment trust; nondiscretionary trust (an investment trust that can buy only those securities listed when the trust was organized)

Derivation:

fund (invest money in government securities)

fund (provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A reserve of money set aside for some purpose

Synonyms:

fund; monetary fund

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("fund" is a kind of...):

money (the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fund"):

petty cash (a small fund of cash that a firm keeps for the payment of incidental expenses)

budget (a sum of money allocated for a particular purpose)

bank deposit; deposit (money deposited in a bank or some similar institution)

trust fund (a fund held in trust)

slush fund (a fund for buying votes or bribing public officials)

war chest (a fund accumulated to finance a war (or a political campaign))

pension fund; superannuation fund (a fund reserved to pay workers' pensions when they retire from service)

nest egg; savings (a fund of money put by as a reserve)

sinking fund (a fund accumulated regularly in a separate account and used to redeem debt securities)

revolving fund (a fund which, if borrowed or used, is intended to be replenished so it may be loaned or spent repeatedly)

mutual fund (the pooled money that is invested in assets)

Derivation:

fund (furnish money for)

fund (place or store up in a fund for accumulation)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A supply of something available for future use

Example:

he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars

Synonyms:

fund; stock; store

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("fund" is a kind of...):

accumulation ((finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fund"):

base; infrastructure (the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area)

cache; hoard; stash (a secret store of valuables or money)

provision (a store or supply of something (especially of food or clothing or arms))

government issue; issue; military issue (supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government)

seed stock (a supply of seeds (or tubers) reserved for planting)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Furnish money for

Example:

The government funds basic research in many areas

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "fund" is one way to...):

support (support materially or financially)

"Fund" entails doing...:

finance (obtain or provide money for)

Verb group:

fund (accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fund"):

grubstake (supply with funds in return for a promised share of profits)

bankroll (provide with sufficient funds; finance)

absorb; take over (take up, as of debts or payments)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They fund him to write the letter

Derivation:

fund (a reserve of money set aside for some purpose)

funding (the act of financing)

funding (financial resources provided to make some project possible)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability

Example:

fund a medical care plan

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "fund" is one way to...):

accumulate; amass; collect; compile; hoard; pile up; roll up (get or gather together)

Verb group:

fund (furnish money for)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Invest money in government securities

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "fund" is one way to...):

commit; invest; place; put (make an investment)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

fund (a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "fund" is one way to...):

furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

fund (a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Place or store up in a fund for accumulation

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "fund" is one way to...):

accumulate; amass; collect; compile; hoard; pile up; roll up (get or gather together)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

fund (a reserve of money set aside for some purpose)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "fund" is one way to...):

finance (obtain or provide money for)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Credits

 Context examples: 

A medical center which is eligible to receive funding from Medicaid but not Medicare.

(Nursing Facility Certified Under Medicaid but Not Certified Under Medicare, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

An institute within the National Institutes of Health with the mission to reduce the burden of neurological disease by conducting and funding research on brain and nervous system disorders.

(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NCI Thesaurus)

The patient will be admitted into a medical center which is eligible to receive funding from Medicaid but not Medicare.

(Nursing Facility Certified Under Medicaid but Not Certified Under Medicare, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

OASH provides funds for research and public health programs.

(Office of Assistant Secretary of Health, NCI Thesaurus)

His daughter attended him with the greatest tenderness, but she saw with despair that their little fund was rapidly decreasing and that there was no other prospect of support.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Provide a funding mechanism for developing and testing new technologies that underlie discovery in all aspects of cancer research.

(Phased Innovation Awards, NCI Thesaurus)

This publication was funded by the National Institutes of Health through the National Institute on Aging (Cooperative Agreement U01 AG016976).

(Modified Hachinski Ischemic Scale-NACC Version Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Government funds available to support military operations.

(Military Funding, NCI Thesaurus)

The funds help the cancer centers improve the way they are run and develop new ways to prevent, diagnose, and treat cancer.

(Cancer Center Support Grant, NCI Dictionary)

A funding project supporting research towards measuring the quality of cancer care in the United States.

(Cancer Care Outcomes Research and Surveillance Consortium, NCI Thesaurus)