{
    "term": "fund",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an amount of money that has been saved or has been made available for a particular purpose",
            "sensetop": "in a fund",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a disaster relief fund"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the company’s **pension fund**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the International Monetary Fund"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is currently over $200 000 in the fund.",
                    "contextForm": "in a fund"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The fund was invested in a range of state bonds."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The newspaper launched an appeal fund for victims of the disaster."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They don't want to draw on the fund unless they have to."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They set up an investment fund to provide money for their retirement."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a benevolent fund for retired actors"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She made a donation to the local cancer relief fund."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Social issues", "Money"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["large", "special", "appeal"],
                "verb + fund": ["create", "establish", "launch"],
                "fund + noun": ["holder", "investor", "manager"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the fund", "into a/​the fund"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "money that is available to be spent",
            "labels": "(informal)(informal)(British English)(North American English)(informal)(informal)(informal)(British English)(US English)(formal)(especially North American English)(British English)(especially British English)(especially British English)(North American English usually)(informal)(informal)especially North American English",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**government/federal funds**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The hospital is trying to **raise funds** for a new kidney machine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to provide/use funds for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "More **funds** should be **allocated **to housing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The project has been cancelled because of lack of funds."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm short of funds at the moment—can I pay you back next week?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Clients can withdraw funds without any notice."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Funds from the event will support the work of the hospice."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Funds will be made available to ensure the provision of hospital services."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It will be a challenge to raise campaign funds for the election."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most of the funds are spent on software."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The current account offers savers instant access to funds."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The funds are earmarked for the health sector."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government is to channel more funds into local development schemes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The school is appealing for funds to invest in new equipment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are only limited funds available."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They voted to withhold funds from any organization which didn't sign the agreement."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have insufficient funds to pay for the building work."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the flow of funds between various economic sectors"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Business"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["adequate", "sufficient", "insufficient"],
                "verb + funds": ["have", "spend", "be short of"],
                "preposition": ["fund for", "fund from"],
                "phrases": ["access to funds", "a flow of funds", "a lack of funds"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a company that manages money for people by investing it; the money managed by such a company",
            "labels": "(finance)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Any extra money that James saves should go into a money market fund."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is a **fund manager** for an Asian bank."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Fund management companies are focusing on more specialized products."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I would look to a good corporate bond fund as the economy rebounds."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A venture capitalist is a professional investor who manages a fund and is looking for suitable investments."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Over the past two decades, index funds have outperformed some 88% of managed funds."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "an amount or a supply of something",
            "sensetop": "fund of something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a fund of knowledge"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fʌnd/",
                "audio": "fu/fund/fund__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fʌnd/",
                "audio": "fu/fund/fund__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 17th cent.: from Latin fundus ‘bottom, piece of landed property’. The earliest sense was ‘the bottom or lowest part’, later ‘foundation or basis’; the association with money has perhaps arisen from the idea of landed property being a source of wealth."
}