fund
Money that is kept or given for a special reason.
An amount of money collected or saved for a specific purpose.
To give money to pay for something.
To supply money for a particular project, activity, or organization.
A company that uses money from people to buy investments.
An organization that manages money from many investors to buy securities or other assets.
- Base: fund
- Plural: funds
- Base: fund
- 3rd Person Singular: funds
- Present Participle: funding
- Past: funded
in funds
1Having available money
Having enough money to spend or use.
- We can go on holiday now that we're in funds.
- She is rarely in funds at the end of the month.
mutual fund
1Investment company pooling investor money
A company that uses money from many people to buy investments together.
- He invested in a mutual fund that tracks the S&P 500.
- Mutual funds are popular with small investors.
out of funds
1Having no available money
Having no money to spend or use.
- The project stopped because they were out of funds.
- I'm out of funds until payday.
hedge fund
1Private high-risk investment fund
A private investment company that tries to make big profits using risky methods.
- He works for a hedge fund in New York.
- Hedge funds often use complex strategies.
hedge fund
2type of high-risk investment fund
A special investment fund for rich people or big investors that uses many complex methods, including hedging, to try to make high profits.
- He works as an analyst at a large hedge fund in New York.
- During the crisis, several hedge funds lost significant amounts of money.