fund
nomverbecourant dans les dialogues
- //ˈfʌnd//
A sum or source of money.
nom
- 1
A sum or source of money.
the fund of a bank, commercial house, manufacturing corporation, etc.
a fund for the maintenance of underprivileged students
- 2
An organization managing such money.
- 3
A money-management operation, such as a mutual fund.
Several major funds were declared insolvent recently.
- 4
A large supply of something to be drawn upon.
He drew on his immense fund of knowledge.
an inexhaustible fund of stories
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.
Étymologie
PIE word *bʰudʰmḗn Borrowed from Latin fundus. Doublet of fond and fundus.
verbe
- 1
To pay or provide money for.
He used his inheritance to fund his gambling addiction.
- 2
To place (money) in a fund.
- 3
To form a debt into a stock charged with interest.
Formes
- pluriel
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- passé
- funded
- participe passé
- funded
- participe présent
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- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- funds