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Type Words
Synonyms monetary fund
Type of money
Has types sinking fund, budget, pension fund, petty cash, bank deposit, slush fund, deposit, savings, trust fund, mutual fund, superannuation fund, revolving fund, nest egg, war chest
Type Words
Synonyms investment company, investment firm, investment trust
Type of nondepository financial institution
Has types unit investment trust, hedge fund, hedgefund, closed-end fund, closed-end investment company, mutual fund, mutual fund company, nondiscretionary trust, open-end fund, open-end investment company, face-amount certificate company, real estate investment trust, reit, fixed investment trust, unit trust
Type Words
Synonyms stock, store
Type of accumulation
Has types stash, base, cache, government issue, hoard, infrastructure, issue, military issue, provision, seed stock
Type Words
Type of compile, amass, collect, roll up, pile up, accumulate, hoard


fund a medical care plan.
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Type of finance
Type Words
Type of support
Has types absorb, take over, grubstake, bankroll
Derivation funding


The government funds basic research in many areas.
Type Words
Type of invest, commit, place, put
Type Words
Type of accumulate, hoard, amass, pile up, compile, collect, roll up
Type Words
Type of supply, provide, render, furnish

Examples of fund

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At the top of their wish list is a scholarship fund to get women off the street.
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That would hurt workers whose money is tied up in the pension fund, Ciardi said.
From the bloomberg.com
The new House can refuse to fund or cut funding to his programs and he knows it.
From the washingtontimes.com
The paper also set up a fund for donations to educate the translator's children.
From the sacbee.com
Among those ideas were more frequent rate adjustments and a bigger reserve fund.
From the thenewstribune.com
Many of those people still pay taxes to fund Social Security and other programs.
From the bloomberg.com
The stock has gained 24 percent this year as the firm invests a new buyout fund.
From the bloomberg.com
The Chinese sovereign fund first disclosed a stake in 2009 after the share sale.
From the bloomberg.com
The American funds, to their credit, launch a new fund about every decade or so.
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More examples
  • A reserve of money set aside for some purpose
  • Convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds
  • Place or store up in a fund for accumulation
  • Store: a supply of something available for future use; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars"
  • Investment company: a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies
  • Provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest
  • (Fundic) The fundus glands (or fundic glands, or gastric glands) are found in the body and fundus of the stomach.
  • Funding is to provide resources, usually in form of money (Financing), or other values such as effort or time (sweat equity), for a project, a person, a business or any other private or public institutions. When a request for funding is made then fundraising is being attempted.
  • A sum or source of money; An organization managing such money; A money-management operation, such as a mutual fund; A large supply of something to be drawn upon; To pay for