Definition of: fund

(fund) noun
1. A sum of money or stock of convertible wealth employed in, set aside for, or available for a business enterprise or other purpose; specifically, the quick capital or available assets of a business firm or corporation.
2. plural Money lent to government; a funded debt.
3. A reserve store; an ample stock: a fund of humor.
4. plural Money in general: out of funds.
5. Obs. Bottom. See synonyms under STOCK, MONEY.
—v.t.
1. To convert into a more or less permanent debt bearing a fixed rate of interest: to fund a public debt.
2. To furnish a fund for the payment of the principal or interest of (a debt).
3. To make a fund of; amass. [<L fundus bottom]
—fund′a·ble adjective