Dictionary entry

Fund (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Fund, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Funded; p. pr. & vb. n.Funding.] 1. 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.

2. To place in a fund, as money.

3. To put into the form of bonds or stocks bearing regular interest; as, to fund the floating debt.