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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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provision
English
Etymology
From Middle English provisioun, from Old French provisïon, from Latin pr?v?si? (“preparation, foresight”), from pr?vid?re (“provide”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p???v??.?n/
- Hyphenation: pro?vi?sion
Noun
provision (countable and uncountable, plural provisions)
- An item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.
- The act of providing, or making previous preparation.
- Money set aside for a future event.
- (accounting) A liability or contra account to recognise likely future adverse events associated with current transactions.
- (law) A clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- Synonyms: condition, stipulation
- (Roman Catholicism) Regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.
- (Britain, historical) A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation.
Translations
Verb
provision (third-person singular simple present provisions, present participle provisioning, simple past and past participle provisioned)
- (transitive) To supply with provisions.
- to provision an army
- (transitive, computing) To supply (a user) with an account, resources, etc. so that they can use a system.
Synonyms
- supply
- victual
Related terms
- deprovision
- direct provision
- ground provisions
- provisional
- provisionings
- provide
Translations
Finnish
Noun
provision
- Genitive singular form of provisio.
French
Etymology
From Latin pr?v?si? (“preparation, foresight”), from pr?vid?re (“provide”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??.vi.zj??/
Noun
provision f (plural provisions)
- provision
Derived terms
- approvisionner
Further reading
- “provision” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- poivrions
Louisiana Creole French
Etymology
From French provision (“provision”).
Noun
provision
- provision
Middle English
Noun
provision
- Alternative form of provisioun
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