Legal Definition and Related Resources of Fund

A sum of money set apart for a specific purpose. The term can be used with various shades of meaning. It can be used to denote capital assets , liquid assets , money in hand, notes, bills and the meaning depends on the context.

verb

• accommodate
• accumulate
• afford
• allot
• amass
• apportion
• bank
• be a benefactor
• bestow
• cache
• collect
• conserve
• contribute
• deposit
• dispense
• dole
• donate
• endow
• endue
• equip
• finance
• furnish
• garner
• give
• give money
• grant
• nand out
• hoard
• invest money
• keep
• keep in reserve
• lay in store
• lay up
• maintain
• pay
• pay for
• present
• present money
• preserve
• provide
• provide for
• provide money
• provide the wherewithal
• provision
• purvey
• reserve
• retain
• save
• save up
• settle upon
• spare
• stock
• stockpile
• store
• subsidize
• supply
• sustain
• treasure
• yield

noun

• accumulation
• assets
• capital
• copia
• endowment
• foundation
• fount
• hoard
• investment
• mine
• nest egg
• pecunia
• pool
• reserve
• reservoir
• resources
• savings
• spring
• stock
• store
• sum of money
• supply
• well Associated Concepts: available fund
• cash funds
• commingling of funds
• contingent fund
• endowment fund
• escrow fund
• guaranty fund
• insurance fund
• joint fund
• misapplication of funds
• misappropriation of funds
• permanent funds
• reserve fund
• residuary fund
• trust fund

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Legal English Vocabulary: Fund in Spanish

Online translation of the English legal term fund into Spanish: fondo (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online.

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• Social Protection
• Social Security
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• Welfare State