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. (尤指为特定目的而给予某组织的) 资金
The concert will raise funds for research into AIDS. 这场音乐会将为艾滋病研究筹集资金。
2. →see also fund-raising
3. N-COUNT A fund is an amount of money that is collected or saved for a particular purpose. (为特定目的而筹集或保留的) 专项资金
...a scholarship fund for undergraduate engineering students. …一笔用于工程学本科生的奖学金专项资金。
4. →see also trust fund
5. V-T When a person or organization funds something, they provide money for it. 资助
The Bush Foundation has funded a variety of faculty development programmes. 布什基金会已经资助了各种教职工发展项目。
The airport is being privately funded by a construction group. 该机场正由一建筑集团私家资助。

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 .