n. 1 supply, stock, reserve, store, pool, cache, reservoir, repository, mine Alison is a veritable fund of information about art 2 Often, funds. money, (hard) cash, ready money, assets, means, wealth, resources, wherewithal, savings, capital, nest egg, endowment, Colloq loot, lucre, pelf, green, bread, dough, Brit ready, readies, lolly, US bucks, scratch He has the funds to buy out his partners Have you contributed to the fund for indigent lexicographers?
v. 3 finance, back, capitalize, stake, support, pay for, endow, grant, subsidize The company has funded a number of new businesses