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Meaning Of Fund
n.
An aggregation or deposit of resources from which supplies
are or may be drawn for carrying on any work, or for maintaining
existence.
n.
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.
n.
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.
n.
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.
n.
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.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To place in a fund, as money.
v. t.
To put into the form of bonds or stocks bearing regular
interest; as, to fund the floating debt.