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in funds

/ɪn ˈfʌndz/US/ɪn ˈfʌndz/

in funds adjective: having enough money to spend.

Adjective

in funds (not comparable)

  1. (UK, dated) Having enough money to spend.
    • [H]e knew from experience the imprudence of letting Zeena think he was in funds on the eve of one of her therapeutic excursions.1911 October, Edith Wharton, chapter III, in Ethan Frome (The Scribner Library; SL8), New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 71

Origin of in funds

From in + funds (“financial resources”).

Questions about in funds

What does in funds mean?
In funds means having enough money to spend.
What part of speech is in funds?
In funds is an adjective.
How do you pronounce in funds?
In funds is pronounced /ɪn ˈfʌndz/ (UK).

Words near in funds in the dictionary

  1. in full force
  2. in full form
  3. in full gear
  4. in full swing
  5. in full view
  6. in funds
  7. in future
  8. in gear
  9. in general
  10. in glass
  11. in glory

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