/fʌnd/
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Translation
An amount of money that is saved and kept for one special purpose.
Word origin
From Latin fundus, meaning the bottom or the base, and so the money a plan rests on.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- fundus
- English cognates
- found, fundamental
Grammar
Gender
Pluralfunds
Examples
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A "fund" is money kept for one purpose.
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People pay money into a fund.
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In the plural, "funds" simply means the money that is available.
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