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funds

/fʌndz/US/fʌndz/

funds is the plural of fund.

funds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fund.

Noun

funds pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Financial resources.
    • I don’t know if I have the funds for this.
    • I'm a little short of funds at the moment.
    Synonyms:
    purse
  2. (plural, plural-only) Permanent debts due by a government and paying interest.

Meaning of fund

Noun

fund (plural funds)

  1. A sum or source of money.
    • the fund of a bank, commercial house, manufacturing corporation, etc.
  2. An organization managing such money.
  3. A money-management operation, such as a mutual fund.
    • Several major funds were declared insolvent recently.
  4. A large supply of something to be drawn upon.
    • He drew on his immense fund of knowledge.

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Synonyms of funds

Words formed from funds

Phrases with funds

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Questions about funds

What does funds mean?
Funds means financial resources.
What is funds the plural of?
Funds is the plural of fund.
What part of speech is funds?
Funds is a noun.
How do you pronounce funds?
Funds is pronounced /fʌndz/ (UK).

Words near funds in the dictionary

  1. fundraises
  2. fundraising
  3. fundraising bomb
  4. fundraising bombs
  5. fundraisings
  6. funds
  7. fundu
  8. Fundu Moldovei
  9. funduck
  10. funducks
  11. Fundulea

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