Etimology
Borrowed from French fond, from Latin fundus. Doublet of fond and fundus.
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.
Examples
the fund of a bank, commercial house, manufacturing corporation, etc.
a fund for the maintenance of underprivileged students
Several major funds were declared insolvent recently.
He drew on his immense fund of knowledge.
an inexhaustible fund of stories
He was a most likeable and generous man, a Whitworth Scholar, and possessed of a fund of knowledge which seemed to cover every subject under the sun.
verb
fund (third-person singular simple present funds, present participle funding, simple past and past participle funded)
(transitive) To pay or provide money for.
(transitive) To place (money) in a fund.
(transitive) To form a debt into a stock charged with interest.
Examples
He used his inheritance to fund his gambling addiction.