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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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quantity
English
Etymology
From Middle English quantite, from Old French quantité, from Latin quantit?s (“quantity”), from quantus (“how much”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?kw?n.t?.ti/
- (General American) enPR: kw?n?(t)?t?, IPA(key): /?kw?n(t)?ti/, [?k?w?n(?)??i], [?k?w?n(t?)?t?i]
- Note: This is with a relaxed middle T, and is only used in colloquial contexts by many speakers.
- (Canada) IPA(key): /?kw?nd?di/, /?kw?n???i/
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /?kwæn.t?.ti/
Noun
quantity (countable and uncountable, plural quantities)
- A fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement (count, amount) of a scalar, vector, number of items or to some other way of denominating the value of a collection or group of items.
- An indefinite amount of something.
- Some soap making oils are best as base oils, used in a larger quantity in the soap, while other oils are best added in a small quantity.
- A specific measured amount.
- A considerable measure or amount.
- (metrology) Property of a phenomenon, body, or substance, where the property has a magnitude that can be expressed as number and a reference.
- (mathematics) Indicates that the entire preceding expression is henceforth considered a single object.
- 2006, Jerome E. Kaufmann and Karen Schwitters, Elementary and Intermediate Algebra: A Combined Approach, p 89
- For problems 58-67, translate each word phrase into an algebraic expression. […] 65. x plus 9, the quantity squared
- 2005, R. Mark Sirkin, Statistics For The Social Sciences, p137
- The second, , read "summation of x, quantity squared," tells us to first add up all the xs to get and then square to get .
- 1985, Serge Lang, Math!: Encounters with High School Students, p54
- ANN. quantity cubed.
- SERGE LANG. That's right, .
- 2006, Jerome E. Kaufmann and Karen Schwitters, Elementary and Intermediate Algebra: A Combined Approach, p 89
Usage notes
- In mathematics, used to unambiguously orate mathematical equations; it is extremely rare in print, since there is no need for it there.
Synonyms
- Qty
Derived terms
- unknown quantity
Related terms
Translations
See also
- measure
- unit
Further reading
- quantity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- quantity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- quantity at OneLook Dictionary Search
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