FUND

I. noun see: bottom Date: 1694 1. a sum of money or other resources whose principal or interest is set apart for a specific objective, money on deposit on which checks or drafts can be drawn, capital , the stock of the British national debt, an available quantity of material or intangible resources ; supply , available pecuniary resources, an organization administering a special ~, II. transitive verb Date: 1789 1. to make provision of resources for discharging the interest or principal of, to provide ~s for , to place in a ~ ; accumulate , to convert into a debt that is payable either at a distant date or at no definite date and that bears a fixed interest , ~er noun III. abbreviation ~amental