Fund Meaning
/ˈfʌnd/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA sum or source of money.
nounAn organization managing such money.
Sentence Examples
The money was put into a special fund to buy books for the school library.
Singapore's Central Fund provides pensions.
This was an additional fund for buying books.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The charity will ____ the school program because they have raised enough donations.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The local community organized a bake sale to raise money for a ____ to support the neighborhood library.
Word Origin & History
PIE word *bʰudʰmḗn Borrowed from Latin fundus. Doublet of fond and fundus.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"an inexhaustible fund of stories"
— 1856 February, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Oliver Goldsmith”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, →OCLC:
"He was a most likeable and generous man, a Whitworth Scholar, and possessed of a fund of knowledge which seemed to cover every subject under the sun."
— 1945 January and February, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 14:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The charity will ____ the school program because they have raised enough donations.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The local community organized a bake sale to raise money for a ____ to support the neighborhood library.