Definition of "fund" []

• A source of supply; a stock: a fund of goodwill. (noun)
• A sum of money or other resources set aside for a specific purpose: a pension fund. (noun)
• Available money; ready cash: short on funds. (noun)
• The stock of the British permanent national debt, considered as public securities. Used with the. (noun)
• An organization established to administer and manage a sum of money. (noun)

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• "I would like to know whether or not you would use the term fund-raiser in chief for President Bush like they did President Clinton."
• "In fact, its a bit of a mystery why mutual funds are able to charge such fees at all considering the more 'managed' a fund is the more likely its return is expected to be inferior to the market return."
• "After the release of my report, DiNapoli held a press conference that announced they were going to reduce the earnings assumption to 7.5% -- and that we're not fully funded -- but that the fund is about 94% funded."