What part of speech is fund?

Fund can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. fund is a verb, present, 1st person singular of fund (infinitive).
  • 2. fund is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. fund is a noun, singular of funds.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does fund mean?

Definitions

Verb

fund - furnish money for; "The government funds basic research in many areas"
fund - accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability; "fund a medical care plan"
fund - invest money in government securities
fund - provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest
fund - place or store up in a fund for accumulation
fund - convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds

Noun

fund - a reserve of money set aside for some purpose
fund - a supply of something available for future use; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars"
fund - a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies

Examples of fund

#   Sentence  
1. verb Fund a medical care plan.
2. verb We desperately need more money to help fund our project.
3. verb Tom was jailed for embezzling $100,000 from his employer to fund his gambling addiction.
4. verb The Treasurer is being accused of robbing Peter to pay Paul to fund his austere budget.
5. verb There are several ways to fund postgraduate study.
6. verb Tom Jackson, a rich businessman, agreed to fund the project.
7. verb Tom stole several credit cards to fund his addiction.
8. verb The report from the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Exoplanet Science Strategy will be reviewed by Congress. Portions of it may be included in the final 2020-2030 Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey, which will fund the continuing search for exoplanets and the study of extraterrestrial life.
9. verb The yellow vest protests began over a fuel tax hike intended partly to fund climate measures. As a result, some analysts suggest the yellow vests show that people ultimately are not willing to make sacrifices to curb emissions.
10. verb In order to fund the emergency measures, Chancellor Angela Merkel's government is planning to take on more than $168 billion in new debt for the first time since 2013.
11. verb Barr was previously involved in George H.W. Bush's pardoning of officials involved in the Iran-Contra affair, when the Reagan Administration sold arms to Iran in order to fund cocaine-smuggling fascists in Nicaragua.
12. verb Yanni's teaching salary is not enough to fund his extravagant lifestyle.
13. verb How will Algeria fund this?
14. verb How will Algeria fund its infrastructure in the future?
15. verb Algeria still remains largely dependent on oil and gas revenues to fund its growth.
16. noun Most of my contact with financial advisors in the past has consisted of them suggesting a mutual fund, telling me to invest in Home Depot, Sun, and Coke, or trying to pass off their banks' biased research reports as something valuable.
17. noun Also, I would like to continue our dialague regarding creating an Energy-Finance Private Equity Fund at UT.
18. noun I know that with my industry-wide and investment banking contacts that I can help raise capital for the fund.
19. noun U.S. industrialist Andrew Carnegie started a hero fund in 1904 after being inspired by rescue stories from a mine disaster that killed 181 people.
20. noun That band is involved in a local competition which promises a $5000 first prize, which they would like to win in order to donate it to the benefit fund which they have started.
21. noun Here are some emails we have sent, along with the flyer for the Benefit fund raiser we are holding in June, just for your information.
22. noun I am sending you some info that I have passed along regarding the effort to win the cash for the fund raising benefit.
23. noun We must finish in first place in order to contribute the $5000 to the benefit fund.
24. noun The winner of this competition will receive $5000, which Beyond Control hopes to win in order to donate it to the Abby Freeman fund.
25. noun $3.8bn - Amount in the Superfund trust fund for toxic site clean-ups in 1995, the Year "polluter pays" fees expired.
26. noun $0 - Amount of uncommitted dollars in the Superfund trust fund for toxic site clean-ups in 2003.
27. noun $11.5m - Amount of hard money raised through the Pioneer programme, the controversial fund-raising process created for the Bush-Cheney 2000 campaign.
28. noun Number of Bush-Cheney fund-raisers who had earned Pioneer status (by raising $100,000 each) as of March 2004.
29. noun Number of Bush-Cheney fund-raisers who had earned Ranger status (by raising $200,000 each) as of March 2004.
30. noun The money was put into a special fund to buy books for the school library.
Sentence  
verb
Fund a medical care plan.
We desperately need more money to help fund our project.
Tom was jailed for embezzling $100,000 from his employer to fund his gambling addiction.
The Treasurer is being accused of robbing Peter to pay Paul to fund his austere budget.
There are several ways to fund postgraduate study.
Tom Jackson, a rich businessman, agreed to fund the project.
Tom stole several credit cards to fund his addiction.
The report from the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Exoplanet Science Strategy will be reviewed by Congress. Portions of it may be included in the final 2020-2030 Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey, which will fund the continuing search for exoplanets and the study of extraterrestrial life.
The yellow vest protests began over a fuel tax hike intended partly to fund climate measures. As a result, some analysts suggest the yellow vests show that people ultimately are not willing to make sacrifices to curb emissions.
In order to fund the emergency measures, Chancellor Angela Merkel's government is planning to take on more than $168 billion in new debt for the first time since 2013.
Barr was previously involved in George H.W. Bush's pardoning of officials involved in the Iran-Contra affair, when the Reagan Administration sold arms to Iran in order to fund cocaine-smuggling fascists in Nicaragua.
Yanni's teaching salary is not enough to fund his extravagant lifestyle.
How will Algeria fund this?
How will Algeria fund its infrastructure in the future?
Algeria still remains largely dependent on oil and gas revenues to fund its growth.
noun
Most of my contact with financial advisors in the past has consisted of them suggesting a mutual fund, telling me to invest in Home Depot, Sun, and Coke, or trying to pass off their banks' biased research reports as something valuable.
Also, I would like to continue our dialague regarding creating an Energy-Finance Private Equity Fund at UT.
I know that with my industry-wide and investment banking contacts that I can help raise capital for the fund.
U.S. industrialist Andrew Carnegie started a hero fund in 1904 after being inspired by rescue stories from a mine disaster that killed 181 people.
That band is involved in a local competition which promises a $5000 first prize, which they would like to win in order to donate it to the benefit fund which they have started.
Here are some emails we have sent, along with the flyer for the Benefit fund raiser we are holding in June, just for your information.
I am sending you some info that I have passed along regarding the effort to win the cash for the fund raising benefit.
We must finish in first place in order to contribute the $5000 to the benefit fund.
The winner of this competition will receive $5000, which Beyond Control hopes to win in order to donate it to the Abby Freeman fund.
$3.8bn - Amount in the Superfund trust fund for toxic site clean-ups in 1995, the Year "polluter pays" fees expired.
$0 - Amount of uncommitted dollars in the Superfund trust fund for toxic site clean-ups in 2003.
$11.5m - Amount of hard money raised through the Pioneer programme, the controversial fund-raising process created for the Bush-Cheney 2000 campaign.
Number of Bush-Cheney fund-raisers who had earned Pioneer status (by raising $100,000 each) as of March 2004.
Number of Bush-Cheney fund-raisers who had earned Ranger status (by raising $200,000 each) as of March 2004.
The money was put into a special fund to buy books for the school library.

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