Definition of "fund"

fund

/ˈfʌnd/

noun
plural funds
1. A sum or source of money.
2. An organization managing such money.
3. A money-management operation, such as a mutual fund.
4. A large supply of something to be drawn upon.
  Quotations
  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
  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
verb
third-person singular simple present funds, present participle funding, simple past and past participle funded
1. (transitive) To pay or provide money for.
2. (transitive) To place (money) in a fund.
3. (transitive) To form a debt into a stock charged with interest.