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funds
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funds
n.
monies, capital; cash
fund
n.
amount of money set aside for a specific purpose; supply
v.
finance, supply with money; allocate or set aside financial sums; extend a short-term obligation
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Funding
Funding is the act of providing financial resources, usually in the form of money, or other values such as effort or time, to finance a need, program, and project, usually by an organisation or government. Generally, this word is used when a firm uses its internal reserves to satisfy its necessity for cash, while the term ‘financing‘ is used when the firms acquires capital from external sources.
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funds
Noun
1. assets in the form of money
(synonym) finances, monetary resource, cash in hand, pecuniary resource
(hypernym) assets
(hyponym) bank
fund
Noun
1. a reserve of money set aside for some purpose
(synonym) monetary fund
(hypernym) money
(hyponym) revolving fund
2. a supply of something available for future use; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars"
(synonym) store, stock
(hypernym) accumulation
(hyponym) infrastructure, base
3. a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies
(synonym) investment company, investment trust, investment firm
(hypernym) nondepository financial institution
(hyponym) hedge fund, hedgefund
Verb
1. convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds
(hypernym) finance
2. place or store up in a fund for accumulation
(hypernym) roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard
(derivation) monetary fund
3. provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest
(hypernym) supply, provide, render, furnish
(derivation) investment company, investment trust, investment firm
4. invest money in government securities
(hypernym) invest, put, commit, place
(derivation) investment company, investment trust, investment firm
5. accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability; "fund a medical care plan"
(hypernym) roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard
6. furnish money for; "The government funds basic research in many areas"
(hypernym) support
(hyponym) grubstake
(entail) finance
(derivation) monetary fund
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Fund (der)
nm.
finding, discovery, something found
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fund
n.
fund, amount of money set aside for a specific purpose; supply
