fund
gb/fˈʌnd/ us/fˈʌnd/
A2
Engleză
~ 2400
Sensuri
0 sensuri
Substantiv
A2
entity
1
Sum of money for a purpose
Money that is kept or given for a special reason.
Tipar de utilizare:
a fund for [something]
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners sometimes confuse 'fund' (money for a purpose) with 'funding' (the act of providing money).
Sinonime
account (A place where money is kept, but not necessarily for a specific purpose.)
|
reserve (Money kept for use in the future, often in business or finance contexts.)
Antonime
debt (The state of owing money, the opposite of having money set aside.)
Colocații
raise a fund
|set up a fund
|emergency fund
|pension fund
|trust fund
Teme
business
|finance
|charity
|daily_life
Exemple
- The charity set up a fund to help disaster victims.
- We have a repair fund for building maintenance.
- They donated $5,000 to the scholarship fund.
- Our travel fund is growing slowly.
- The pension fund invests in various markets.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- We have a fund to help poor people.
- The school made a fund for new books.
- He gave money to the animal fund.
- They started a fund for sick children.
- The city has a fund for parks.
Verb
B1
action
2
Provide money for something
To give money to pay for something.
Tipar de utilizare:
to fund [a project/activity]
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners sometimes confuse 'fund' with 'found' due to similar pronunciation.
Sinonime
finance (Often used in more formal contexts, especially in business or government.)
|
sponsor (To support an activity financially, often in return for publicity.)
Antonime
defund (To remove or stop financial support.)
Colocații
fund a project
|fund research
|fully fund
|government-funded
Teme
business
|finance
Exemple
- The government agreed to fund the new hospital.
- They funded the film through private investors.
- Our research is funded by the university.
- The project was fully funded within two weeks.
- She refused to fund any more of his ventures.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- The company will fund the trip.
- He funded the new school.
- They fund many art programs.
- The bank funded the house project.
- We need someone to fund our idea.
Substantiv
formal
B2
entity
3
Investment management organization
A company that uses money from people to buy investments.
Sinonime
investment trust (A specific type of investment organization, often used in British English.)
Colocații
mutual fund
|hedge fund
|index fund
Teme
finance
|business
Exemple
- He put his savings into a mutual fund.
- Hedge funds often take high risks to achieve returns.
- The pension scheme invests in several index funds.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- I put my money in a mutual fund.
- The hedge fund made a lot of money.
- She works for an index fund.
- Many people invest in funds for retirement.
Gramatică
Forma de dicționar
fund
IPA
GB/fˈʌnd/
US/fˈʌnd/
Silabe și accent
fund (1 silabă)
Stress on 1st syllable (fund)
Forme ale cuvântului
Noun
- Base: fund
- Plural: funds
Verb
- Base: fund
- 3rd Person Singular: funds
- Present Participle: funding
- Past: funded
Familie de cuvinte
Forms
Related words
Negative and opposite forms
underfund
verb
defund
verb
Expresii
in funds
1/ˈɪn fˈʌndz/
fixed phrase
formal
Having available money
Having enough money to spend or use.
Exemple
- We can go on holiday now that we're in funds.
- She is rarely in funds at the end of the month.
mutual fund
1/mjˈut͡ʃuəl fˈʌnd/
fixed phrase
Investment company pooling investor money
A company that uses money from many people to buy investments together.
Exemple
- He invested in a mutual fund that tracks the S&P 500.
- Mutual funds are popular with small investors.
out of funds
1/ˈaʊt əv fˈʌndz/
fixed phrase
Having no available money
Having no money to spend or use.
Exemple
- The project stopped because they were out of funds.
- I'm out of funds until payday.
hedge fund
1/hˈɛd͡ʒ fˈʌnd/
fixed phrase
Private high-risk investment fund
A private investment company that tries to make big profits using risky methods.
Exemple
- He works for a hedge fund in New York.
- Hedge funds often use complex strategies.
hedge fund
2/hˈɛd͡ʒ fˈʌnd/
fixed phrase
technical
type 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.
Exemple
- He works as an analyst at a large hedge fund in New York.
- During the crisis, several hedge funds lost significant amounts of money.