Fund vs. Foundation
Fundnoun
A sum or source of money.
Fundnoun
An organization managing such money.
Fundnoun
A money-management operation, such as a mutual fund.
Fundnoun
A large supply of something to be drawn upon.
Fundverb
(transitive) To pay for.
Fundnoun
An aggregation or deposit of resources from which supplies are or may be drawn for carrying on any work, or for maintaining existence.
Fundnoun
A stock or capital; a sum of money appropriated as the foundation of some commercial or other operation undertaken with a view to profit; that reserve by means of which expenses and credit are supported; as, the fund of a bank, commercial house, manufacturing corporation, etc.
Fundnoun
The stock of a national debt; public securities; evidences (stocks or bonds) of money lent to government, for which interest is paid at prescribed intervals; - called also public funds.
Fundnoun
An invested sum, whose income is devoted to a specific object; as, the fund of an ecclesiastical society; a fund for the maintenance of lectures or poor students; also, money systematically collected to meet the expenses of some permanent object.
Fundnoun
A store laid up, from which one may draw at pleasure; a supply; a full provision of resources; as, a fund of wisdom or good sense.
Fundverb
To provide and appropriate a fund or permanent revenue for the payment of the interest of; to make permanent provision of resources (as by a pledge of revenue from customs) for discharging the interest of or principal of; as, to fund government notes.
Fundverb
To place in a fund, as money.
Fundverb
To put into the form of bonds or stocks bearing regular interest; as, to fund the floating debt.
Fundnoun
a reserve of money set aside for some purpose
Fundnoun
a supply of something available for future use;
Fundnoun
a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies
Fundverb
convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds
Fundverb
place or store up in a fund for accumulation
Fundverb
provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest
Fundverb
invest money in government securities
Fundverb
accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability;
Fundverb
furnish money for;
Fundnoun
a sum of money saved or made available for a particular purpose
Fundnoun
financial resources
Fundnoun
a large stock or supply of something, especially information or knowledge
Fundnoun
the stock of the national debt (as a mode of investment).
Fundverb
provide with money for a particular purpose
Foundationnoun
The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
Foundationnoun
That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; underbuilding.
Foundationnoun
(figurative) The result of the work to begin something; that which stabilizes and allows an enterprise or system to develop.
Foundationnoun
(card games) In solitaire or patience games, one of the piles of cards that the player attempts to build, usually holding all cards of a suit in ascending order.
Foundationnoun
(architecture) The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry.
Foundationnoun
A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.
Foundationnoun
That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity.
Foundationnoun
(cosmetics) Cosmetic cream roughly skin-colored, designed to make the face appear uniform in color and texture.
Foundationnoun
A basis for social bodies or intellectual disciplines.
Foundationnoun
The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
Foundationnoun
That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; groundwork; basis.
Foundationnoun
The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course (see Base course (a), under Base, n.) and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry.
Foundationnoun
A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.
Foundationnoun
That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity; as, the Ford Foundation.
Foundationnoun
the basis on which something is grounded;
Foundationnoun
an institution supported by an endowment
Foundationnoun
the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained;
Foundationnoun
lowest support of a structure;
Foundationnoun
education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge;
Foundationnoun
a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body
Foundationnoun
the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new;
Foundationnoun
the lowest load-bearing part of a building, typically below ground level
Foundationnoun
a coloured cream, powder, or liquid used as a base to even out facial skin tone before applying other cosmetics
Foundationnoun
an underlying basis or principle
Foundationnoun
justification or reason
Foundationnoun
the action of establishing an institution or organization
Foundationnoun
an institution established with an endowment, for example a research body or charity
