fund

柯林斯词典

1. N-PLURAL Funds are amounts of money that are available to be spent, especially money that is given to an organization or person for a particular purpose. (尤指爲特定目的而給予某組織的) 資金
The concert will raise funds for research into AIDS. 這場音樂會將爲艾滋病研究籌集資金。
2. →see also fund-raising
3. N-COUNT A fund is an amount of money that is collected or saved for a particular purpose. (爲特定目的而籌集或保畱的) 專項資金
...a scholarship fund for undergraduate engineering students. …一筆用於工程學本科生的獎學金專項資金。
4. →see also trust fund
5. V-T When a person or organization funds something, they provide money for it. 資助
The Bush Foundation has funded a variety of faculty development programmes. 佈什基金會已經資助了各種教職工發展項目。
The airport is being privately funded by a construction group. 該機場正由一建築集團私家資助。

The fund provides money to clean up chemically polluted industrial sites .
Her family have contributed £50, 000 to the fund.
To ensure security the investment fund has holdings in many companies .
They've set up a fund for victims of the earthquake .
This national fund pays for welfare benefits such as unemployment and sickness pay .