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# fund

noun (fund, funds); verb (fund, funds, funded, funding)

«fund» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An amount of money saved or collected for a special purpose. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fund/#m1)
2. (plural, funds) Money that is available to spend. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fund/#m2)
3. A large supply of something: «a fund of stories». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fund/#m3)
4. (verb) To give the money that pays for something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fund/#m4)

### In the lessons

In school and everyday life it appears in fundraising: «the school fund», «raise funds for the roof». In adult life: savings fund, pension fund. In maths problems it may be the total money collected. Phrases: raise funds, school fund, short of funds, a fund of jokes, fund a project.

### Examples

- We are raising funds for a new playground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fund/#x1)
- The class put the money from the bake sale into the trip fund. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fund/#x2)
- The charity is short of funds this winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fund/#x3)
- Grandpa has a fund of funny stories. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fund/#x4)
- The council will fund the new swimming pool. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fund/#x5)
- Our school fund paid for the visiting author. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fund/#x6)

### Note

Related: funding, fundraising, fundraiser. «Funds» with s means money in general. In word problems, «the fund had £200 and they added £50» means 200 + 50.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «fund» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fund/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fund» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fund.html) on Mova free.