to fund
597
3.0
- verb
- /fʌnd/
- The school district decided to fund new textbooks for all students this year.
- fund research
- fund a project
- fund a program
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Watch on YouTubeIt could be, you know, let's, let's fund their their campaign.
- It could be, you know, let's, let's fund their their campaign.
- So I basically just funded some videos myself.
- And all that was, I mean, how did you fund that or with money?
- She says illegal immigration encourages and funds human child trafficking.
- So they went on a limb and they funded this particular project.
- So I think we should fund a coalition of the resistance.
- And they're usually really, really well funded super PACs.
- Nothing changes, in part because neither party will fund border enforcement.
- And so we know that DARPA didn't fund that work.
- And not just them, every taxpaying American, you're funding them, I'm funding them.
- And we are funding these wars on debt.
- So we are basically funding students sort of.
- It isn't the first of all, banks can fund their loans in all kinds of ways.
- So it just wasn't on the radar and eventually funded it through Angel Capital.
Examples
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Additionally, colleges and universities increasingly are developing and funding programs specifically aimed at student retention.
Academic text (2011) -
The STEM summer camps were originally developed in 2009 and funded by Workforce Central Florida.
Academic text (2013) -
So but we were not able to fund all our material response plan.
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See, she was a lovely woman, and she used to fund our science department.
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Well, we funded this program to give men like you a second chance.
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Yeah, just launched A Kickstarter to fund a new show.
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The fees we earn here, we use to fund the needs of the immigrant with nothing.
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Ivan used its oil income efficiently through 1972, funding reasonable development projects and social infrastructure.
Academic text (2008) -
The wellbeing strategy was launched with a wellbeing day, funded from savings in the stationery budget.
Academic text (2015) -
In 2014, 3,846 film and video projects were successfully funded on Kickstarter, second only to music projects.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
248
3.3
To provide money to pay for something
28
6.3
To give money to help a project, person, or organization
8
7.9
To pay part or all of someone's costs
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
105
3.7
Money or property kept and managed by someone for another person's use
- Specialized
80
6.3
A company that manages money for rich people and uses risky methods to try to make big profits
- Specialized
65
3.5
A way to invest money where many people put money together and experts buy many investments
45
3.0
An organization that collects and manages money to pay people after they stop working
26
3.6
An international organization that lends money and gives advice to countries with financial problems
- Specialized
11
3.4
A pool of money many people manage together to buy stocks and bonds to make money
- Specialized
9
4.8
A fund that buys the same stocks or bonds as a market index to match its returns
- Specialized
4
4.9
A business that manages money from many people and sells shares so they can invest
- Specialized
3
5.6
Money that people give to an organization and keep to earn income for its work
- Specialized
3
6.1
A fund you can buy and sell on a stock market that tracks an index like the S&P 500
An organization of the United Nations that helps children and mothers in poor countries
- Specialized
1
7.2
A company that sells a set number of shares that trade on the stock market
1
6.7
A pool of money that employers and workers save for retirement payments
An organization that helps children and mothers with health, education, and basic needs in poor countries
How Much
- Formal
10
6.1
- Specialized
23
7.9
248
3.3
597
3.0
846
2.7
Surface Forms
Etymology
To fund is to give a base of money to something, and the verb comes from the same Latin fundus 'bottom'. That's why to fund a project is to provide the money it needs.