Some articles on funds, fund:
... Elkins $136,000 from July through September, from campaign funds ... Ney paid an additional $96,000 in legal fees from campaign funds to that law firm total campaign spending for the period was $250,000 ... he had not paid any legal fees since January 5 from campaign funds ...
... A target-date fund is similar to an asset-allocation fund, except that the allocation is designed to change over time ... ETFs Vanguard has target-date mutual funds that own other Vanguard mutual funds ... In both cases, the same funds are used as the asset-allocation funds ...
More definitions of "fund":
- (verb): Convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds.
- (verb): Accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability.
Example: "Fund a medical care plan"
- (verb): Invest money in government securities.
- (verb): Furnish money for.
Example: "The government funds basic research in many areas"
- (noun): A reserve of money set aside for some purpose.
Synonyms: monetary fund
- (verb): Provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest.
- (noun): A financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies.
Synonyms: investment company, investment trust, investment firm
Famous quotes containing the word fund:
“I am advised that there is an unexpended balance of about $45,000 of the fund appropriated for the relief of the sufferers by flood upon the Mississippi River and its tributaries, and I recommend that authority be given to use this fund to meet the most urgent necessities of the poorer people in Oklahoma.”
—Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901)
“School success is not predicted by a child’s fund of facts or a precocious ability to read as much as by emotional and social measures; being self-assured and interested: knowing what kind of behavior is expected and how to rein in the impulse to misbehave; being able to wait, to follow directions, and to turn to teachers for help; and expressing needs while getting along with other children.”
—Daniel Goleman (20th century)