fund
1. a reserve of money set aside for some purpose (Freq. 29)
• Syn:
monetary fund
• Hypernyms:
money
• Hyponyms:
mutual fund, revolving fund, sinking fund, savings, nest egg,
pension fund, superannuation fund, war chest, slush fund, trust fund, deposit,
bank deposit, budget, petty cash
2. a supply of something available for future use (Freq. 3)
- he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars
• Syn:
store, stock
• Derivationally related forms:
stockist (for: stock), stocker (for: stock), stock (for: stock), store (for: store)
• Hypernyms:
accumulation
• Hyponyms:
infrastructure, base, hoard, cache, stash,
provision, issue, military issue, government issue, seed stock
3. a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies
• Syn:
investment company, investment trust, investment firm
• Hypernyms:
nondepository financial institution
• Hyponyms:
hedge fund, hedgefund, mutual fund, mutual fund company, open-end fund,
open-end investment company, closed-end fund, closed-end investment company, face-amount certificate company, Real Estate Investment Trust, REIT,
unit investment trust, unit trust, nondiscretionary trust, fixed investment trust
1. convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds
• Hypernyms:
finance
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. place or store up in a fund for accumulation
• Hypernyms:
roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass,
compile, hoard
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest
• Hypernyms:
supply, provide, render, furnish
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. invest money in government securities
• Hypernyms:
invest, put, commit, place
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
5. accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability
- fund a medical care plan
• Hypernyms:
roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass,
compile, hoard
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
6. furnish money for
- The government funds basic research in many areas
• Derivationally related forms:
funding
• Hypernyms:
support
• Hyponyms:
grubstake, bankroll, absorb, take over
• Entailment:
finance
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- They fund him to write the letter
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