資料來源 : pyDict

基金,資金,存款,財源,貯藏提供資金,積累

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Fund \Fund\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Funded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Funding}.]
   1. To provide and appropriate a fund or permanent revenue for
      the payment of the interest of; to make permanent
      provision of resources (as by a pledge of revenue from
      customs) for discharging the interest of or principal of;
      as, to fund government notes.

   2. To place in a fund, as money.

   3. To put into the form of bonds or stocks bearing regular
      interest; as, to fund the floating debt.

Fund \Fund\, n. [OF. font, fond, nom. fonz, bottom, ground, F.
   fond bottom, foundation, fonds fund, fr. L. fundus bottom,
   ground, foundation, piece of land. See {Found} to establish.]
   1. An aggregation or deposit of resources from which supplies
      are or may be drawn for carrying on any work, or for
      maintaining existence.

   2. A stock or capital; a sum of money appropriated as the
      foundation of some commercial or other operation
      undertaken with a view to profit; that reserve by means of
      which expenses and credit are supported; as, the fund of a
      bank, commercial house, manufacturing corporation, etc.

   3. pl. The stock of a national debt; public securities;
      evidences (stocks or bonds) of money lent to government,
      for which interest is paid at prescribed intervals; --
      called also {public funds}.

   4. An invested sum, whose income is devoted to a specific
      object; as, the fund of an ecclesiastical society; a fund
      for the maintenance of lectures or poor students; also,
      money systematically collected to meet the expenses of
      some permanent object.

   5. A store laid up, from which one may draw at pleasure; a
      supply; a full provision of resources; as, a fund of
      wisdom or good sense.

            An inexhaustible fund of stories.     --Macaulay.

   {Sinking fund}, the aggregate of sums of money set apart and
      invested, usually at fixed intervals, for the
      extinguishment of the debt of a government, or of a
      corporation, by the accumulation of interest.

資料來源 : WordNet®

fund
     n 1: a reserve of money set aside for some purpose [syn: {monetary
          fund}]
     2: a supply of something available for future use; "he brought
        back a large store of Cuban cigars" [syn: {store}, {stock}]
     3: a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and
        invests in securities issued by other companies [syn: {investment
        company}, {investment trust}, {investment firm}]

fund
     v 1: convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that
          bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds
     2: place or store up in a fund for accumulation
     3: provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of
        interest
     4: invest money in government securities
     5: accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent
        liability; "fund a medical care plan"
     6: furnish money for; "The government funds basic research in
        many areas"