fund : Idioms & Phrases

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closed-end fund

  • noun a regulated investment company that issues a fixed number of shares which are listed on a stock market
    closed-end investment company.
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endowment fund

  • noun the capital that provides income for an institution
    endowment.
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escrow funds

  • noun funds held in escrow
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exchange traded fund

  • noun a mutual fund that is traded on a stock exchange
    ETF.
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Fee fund

  • (Scot. Law), certain court dues out of which the clerks and other court officers are paid.
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fund raise

  • verb raise money for a cause or project
    fund raise; fundraise.
    • We are fundraising for AIDS research
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fund-raise

  • verb raise money for a cause or project
    fund raise; fundraise.
    • We are fundraising for AIDS research
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fund-raising campaign

  • noun a campaign to raise money for some cause
    fund-raising campaign; fund-raising drive.
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fund-raising drive

  • noun a campaign to raise money for some cause
    fund-raising campaign; fund-raising drive.
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fund-raising effort

  • noun a campaign to raise money for some cause
    fund-raising campaign; fund-raising drive.
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hedge fund

  • noun a flexible investment company for a small number of large investors (usually the minimum investment is $1 million); can use high-risk techniques (not allowed for mutual funds) such as short-selling and heavy leveraging
    hedgefund.
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index fund

  • noun a mutual fund whose assets are stocks on a given list
  • noun a mutual fund that invests in the stocks that are the basis of a well-known stock or bond index
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international monetary fund

  • noun a United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies
    IMF.
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investment funds

  • noun money that is invested with an expectation of profit
    investment.
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matching funds

  • noun funds that will be supplied in an amount matching the funds available from other sources
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medicaid funds

  • noun public funds used to pay for Medicaid
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monetary fund

  • noun a reserve of money set aside for some purpose
    fund.
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mutual fund

  • noun the pooled money that is invested in assets
  • noun a regulated investment company with a pool of assets that regularly sells and redeems its shares
    mutual fund company; mutual fund; open-end investment company.
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mutual fund company

  • noun a regulated investment company with a pool of assets that regularly sells and redeems its shares
    mutual fund company; mutual fund; open-end investment company.
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open-end fund

  • noun a regulated investment company with a pool of assets that regularly sells and redeems its shares
    mutual fund company; mutual fund; open-end investment company.
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pension fund

  • noun a fund reserved to pay workers' pensions when they retire from service
    pension fund.
  • noun a financial institution that collects regular contributions from employers to provide retirement income for employees
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Public funds

  • . See Fund, 3.
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reserve fund

  • noun funds taken out of earnings to provide for anticipated future payments
    reserve account.
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retirement fund

  • noun a monthly payment made to someone who is retired from work
    superannuation; old-age pension; retirement benefit; retirement check; retirement pension.
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revolving fund

  • noun a fund which, if borrowed or used, is intended to be replenished so it may be loaned or spent repeatedly
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Sinking fund

  • noun a fund accumulated regularly in a separate account and used to redeem debt securities
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  • the aggregate of sums of money set apart and invested, usually at fixed intervals, for the extinguishment of the debt of a government, or of a corporation, by the accumulation of interest.
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slush fund

  • noun a fund for buying votes or bribing public officials
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superannuation fund

  • noun a fund reserved to pay workers' pensions when they retire from service
    pension fund.
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Sustentation fund

  • (Eccl.), a fund of a religious body for support of its ministers, chapels, etc.; as, the sustentation fund of the Free Church of Scotland.
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trust fund

  • noun a fund held in trust
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united nations children's fund

  • noun an agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries
    United Nations Children's Fund; UNICEF.
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united nations international children's emergency fund

  • noun an agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries
    United Nations Children's Fund; UNICEF.
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Wages fund

  • (Polit. Econ.), the aggregate capital existing at any time in any country, which theoretically is unconditionally destined to be paid out in wages. It was formerly held, by Mill and other political economists, that the average rate of wages in any country at any time depended upon the relation of the wages fund to the number of laborers. This theory has been greatly modified by the discovery of other conditions affecting wages, which it does not take into account.
Webster 1913