Word a Day
fund
What does fund mean?
fund (noun): a sum or source of money.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use fund in a sentence?
- Luckily, we have an emergency fund. (Tatoeba sentence #6251081 by CK, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce fund?
/fʌnd/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does fund come from?
Borrowed from Latin fundus.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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a sum or source of money
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