fund
noun [ C ]
FINANCE uk/fʌnd/ usmoney 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
See also
investment fund
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.
an organization that collects and manages an amount of money for investing in a particular purpose:
the European Regional Development Fund
funds [ plural ]
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
See also
accumulated fund
authorized investment fund
balanced fund
bank guarantee fund
bond fund
broker-dealer fund
closed-end fund
commodity fund
contingency fund
deposit protection fund
depreciation fund
discretionary fund
dual-purpose fund
equity fund
ethical fund
fed funds
general-purpose fund
go-go fund
growth fund
guarantee fund
hedge fund
investment fund
income fund
index fund
institutional fund
life fund
long-term funds
managed fund
money fund
money market fund
mutual fund
no-load fund
pension fund
performance fund
provident fund
reserve fund
revolving fund
shareholders' funds
short-term funds
sinking fund
slush fund
state funds
stock fund
strike fund
tracker fund
trust fund
umbrella fund
value fund
vulture fund
fund
verb [ T ]
FINANCE uk/fʌnd/ usto 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.
See also
overfunded
underfunded