different between fund vs abundance

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)

1. A sum or source of money.

2. An organization managing such money.
3. A money-management operation, such as a mutual fund.

4. 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)

1. (transitive) To pay for.

2. (transitive) To place (money) in a fund.
3. (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)

1. end
2. 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

1. 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)

1. find
2. bargain
3. discovery

Inflection

Icelandic

Noun

fund

1. indefinite accusative singular of fundur

Middle English

Noun

fund (plural fundes)

1. 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)

1. bottom
2. 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)

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)

1. A large quantity; many. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]

2. 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.

3. Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
4. Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample. [First attested in the late 19^th century.]
5. (card games) A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist. [First attested in the late 19^th 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)

1. An abundance; enough.

References

• Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.