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fund, funds
1. A source or stock of something: "She had a vast fund of knowledge."
2. A sum of money saved or invested for a particular purpose: "They have started an education fund for their children."
3. An organization that manages a sum of money for a particular purpose; especially, for monetary investments.
This entry is located in the following unit: fundu-, fundus-, fund-, found- + (page 1)
(Latin: bottom, base; and with special reference to financial applications, "piece of land")
(Latin > French: pour, melt, blend)
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U.S. agency offers start-up fund to inventors aiming for the stars
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"The U.S. government agency that helped invent the Internet now wants to do the same for travel to the stars."

International Herald Tribune, August 18, 2011; page 1.