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WordBand 4.5–5.5Core (NGSL)
fund
/ˈfʌnd/
verb1 of 2
to supply money for something
- “We abandoned the project because of a lack of funds.”Tatoeba
- “The trouble with us is that we have no funds.”Tatoeba
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noun2 of 2
A sum or source of money.
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)