funds

fund  (fnd)

n.

1. A source of supply; a stock: a fund of goodwill.

2.

a. A sum of money or other resources set aside for a specific purpose: a pension fund.

b. funds Available money; ready cash: short on funds.

3. funds The stock of the British permanent national debt, considered as public securities. Used with the.

4. An organization established to administer and manage a sum of money.

tr.v. fund·ed, fund·ing, funds

1. To provide money for paying off the interest or principal of (a debt).

2. To convert into a long-term or floating debt with fixed interest payments.

3. To place in a fund for accumulation.

4. To furnish a fund for: funded the space program.

---

[Latin fundus, bottom, piece of land.]

---

funds

Noun, pl

money that is readily available

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

funds - assets in the form of money           cash in hand, finances, monetary resource, pecuniary resource assets - anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company bank - the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games; "he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo" bankroll, roll - a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.); "he shot his roll on a bob-tailed nag" pocket - a supply of money; "they dipped into the taxpayers' pockets" Medicaid funds - public funds used to pay for Medicaid exchequer, treasury - the funds of a government or institution or individual money supply - the total stock of money in the economy; currency held by the public plus money in accounts in banks escrow funds - funds held in escrow matching funds - funds that will be supplied in an amount matching the funds available from other sources

---

funds

plural noun 1. money, capital, cash, finance, means, savings, necessary (informal) resources, assets, silver, bread (slang) wealth, tin (slang) brass Northern English (dialect) dough (slang) rhino Brit. (slang) the ready (informal) dosh Brit., Austral. (slang) hard cash, the wherewithal, needful (informal) shekels (informal) dibs (slang) ready money, ackers (slang) spondulicks (slang)