Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
FUND
I. noun see: bottom
Date: 1694
1. a sum of money or other resources whose principal or interest is set apart for a specific objective, money on deposit on which checks or drafts can be drawn, capital , the stock of the British national debt, an available quantity of material or intangible resources ; supply , available pecuniary resources, an organization administering a special fund,
II. transitive verb
Date: 1789
1. to make provision of resources for discharging the interest or principal of, to provide funds for , to place in a fund ; accumulate , to convert into a debt that is payable either at a distant date or at no definite date and that bears a fixed interest , funder noun
III. abbreviation fundamental