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fund
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French fond, from Latin fundus. Doublet of fond and fundus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f?nd/
- Rhymes: -?nd
Noun
fund (plural funds)
- A sum or source of money.
- An organization managing such money.
- A money-management operation, such as a mutual fund.
- A large supply of something to be drawn upon.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
fund (third-person singular simple present funds, present participle funding, simple past and past participle funded)
- (transitive) To pay for.
- (transitive) To place (money) in a fund.
- (transitive) To form a debt into a stock charged with interest.
Translations
Albanian
Alternative forms
- fun, funn (Gheg) [f?n]
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fundus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fund]
Noun
fund m (indefinite plural funde, definite singular fundi, definite plural fundet)
- end
- bottom (lowest part)
Declension
Derived terms
- fundërri (Tosk)
- fundi (Tosk), funi (Gheg)
- fundit (Tosk), funit (Gheg)
- fundor (Tosk), funor (Gheg)
References
Aromanian
Alternative forms
- fundu, afundu
Noun
fund n
- Alternative form of fundu
Danish
Etymology
Verbal noun to finde (“to find”). Compare Old Norse fundr and German Fund.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?f?n?]
Noun
fund n (singular definite fundet, plural indefinite fund)
- find
- bargain
- discovery
Inflection
Icelandic
Noun
fund
- indefinite accusative singular of fundur
Middle English
Noun
fund (plural fundes)
- Alternative form of feend
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin fundus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?ud?m?n. Doublet of fond, which was borrowed from French.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fund]
Noun
fund n (plural funduri)
- bottom
- backside; buttocks
Declension
Derived terms
- funda?
Related terms
See also
- ?ezut
- popou
- buc?
References
- fund in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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abundance
English
Alternative forms
- (obsolete) abundaunce
- (obsolete) habundance
- (obsolete) boundance
- (card games) abondance
Etymology
- From Middle English abundaunce, habaundance, from Old French habundance, abondance, from Latin abundantia (“fullness, plenty”), from abund? (“to overflow”). See abound.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??b?n.dn?s/
- (US) IPA(key): /??b?n.dn?s/, /??b?n.dn?ts/, /??bn?.dn?s/
- (Malaysia, Singapore) IPA(key): /??b?n.d?nts/
Noun
abundance (countable and uncountable, plural abundances)
- A large quantity; many. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]
- An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
- c. 1610?, Walter Raleigh, A Discourse of War
- It is lamentable to remember what abundance of noble blood hath been shed with small benefit to the Christian state.
- c. 1610?, Walter Raleigh, A Discourse of War
- Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
- Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample. [First attested in the late 19th century.]
- (card games) A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist. [First attested in the late 19th century.]
Usage notes
- Synonym notes: Abundance, Plenty, Exuberance. These words rise upon each other in expressing the idea of fullness.
- Plenty denotes a sufficiency to supply every want; as, plenty of food, plenty of money, etc.
- Abundance express more, and gives the idea of superfluity or excess; as, abundance of riches, an abundance of wit and humor; often, however, it only denotes plenty in a high degree.
- Exuberance rises still higher, and implies a bursting forth on every side, producing great superfluity or redundance; as, an exuberance of mirth, an exuberance of animal spirits, etc.
Synonyms
- abundation (Chester)
- (large quantity): heap, load; see also Thesaurus:lot
- (ample sufficiency): exuberance, copiousness, overflow, plenty, plenteousness, plenitude, plentitude; see also Thesaurus:excess
- (plentiful amount of resources): riches, affluence, wealth; see also Thesaurus:wealth
Related terms
- abound
- abundant
Translations
References
- abundance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English abundaunce, from Old French habundance, from Latin abundantia. Equivalent to abund +? -ance.
Noun
abundance (plural abundances)
- An abundance; enough.
References
- Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
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