| fund | 1. An aggregation or deposit of resources from which supplies are or may be drawn for carrying on any work, or for maintaining existence. 2. A stock or capital; a sum of money appropriated as the foundation of some commercial or other operation undertaken with a view to profit; that reserve by means of which expenses and credit are supported; as, the fund of a bank, commercial house, manufacturing corporation, etc. 3. The stock of a national debt; public securities; evidences (stocks or bonds) of money lent to government, for which interest is paid at prescribed intervals; called also public funds. 4. An invested sum, whose income is devoted to a specific object; as, the fund of an ecclesiastical society; a fund for the maintenance of lectures or poor students; also, money systematically collected to meet the expenses of some permanent object. 5. A store laid up, from which one may draw at pleasure; a supply; a full provision of resources; as, a fund of wisdom or good sense. "An inexhaustible fund of stories." (Macaulay) Sinking fund, the aggregate of sums of money set apart and invested, usually at fixed intervals, for the extinguishment of the debt of a government, or of a corporation, by the accumulation of interest. Origin: OF. Font, fond, nom. Fonz, bottom, ground, F. Fond bottom, foundation, fonds fund, fr. L. Fundus bottom, ground, foundation, piece of land. See Found to establish. 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. Origin: Funded; Funding. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| fund raising | Usually organised community efforts to raise money to promote financial programs of institutions. The funds may include individual gifts. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fundament | 1. Foundation. 2. <anatomy> The part of the body on which one sits; the buttocks; specifically, the anus. Origin: OE. Fundament, fundement, fondement, OF. Fundement, fondement, F. Fondement, fr. L. Fundamentum foundation, fr. Fundare to lay the bottom, to found, fr. Fundus bottom. See Fund. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fundamental | Pertaining to a base or foundation. (18 Nov 1997) |
| fundamental frequency | The principal component of a sound wave, which has the greatest wavelength, tone produced by the vibration of the vocal folds before the air reaches any cavities. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fundectomy | Synonym: fundusectomy. Origin: fundus + G. Ektome, excision (05 Mar 2000) |
| fundic | Relating to a fundus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fundiform | Looped; sling-shaped. Origin: L. Funda, a sling, + forma, shape (05 Mar 2000) |
| fundiform ligament of foot | <anatomy> The deep attachment of the inferior extensor retinaculum in the tarsal sinus, it acts as a sling for the extensor tendons of the toes. Synonym: fundiform ligament of foot. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fundiform ligament of penis | A band of elastic fibres of the superficial fascial layer that extends from the linea alba above the pubic symphysis splitting to surround the penis before attaching to the fascia of the penis. Synonym: ligamentum fundiforme penis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| funding | 1. Providing a fund for the payment of the interest or principal of a debt. 2. Investing in the public funds. Funding system, a system or scheme of finance or revenue by which provision is made for paying the interest or principal of a public debt. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fundoplication | Mobilization of the lower end of the oesophagus and plication of the fundus of the stomach around it (fundic wrapping) in the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux that may be associated with various disorders, such as hiatal hernia. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fundoscopy | <procedure> Observation of the optic disc, retina and blood vessels. May be examined by direct or indirect ophthalmoscopy. In direct ophthalmoscopy the examiner uses an ophthalmoscope the size of a flashlight to shine a beam of light into your eye. In indirect ophthalmoscopy a head lamp device is used and a much brighter light. Visualisation of the retina is important in conditions such as glaucoma, diabetes, hypertension and conditions that cause increased intracranial pressure. (05 Jan 1998) |
| Fundulus | A genus of marine and freshwater fish, of many species, native to the U.S.; commonly called killifish, mumichog, or mudfish. They are widely used as bait fish, experimental fish, or in mosquito-control programs. Origin: Mod. L. Fr. L. Fundus, bottom (05 Mar 2000) |
| fundus | <anatomy> The bottom or base of any hollow organ; as, the fundus of the bladder; the fundus of the eye. Origin: L, bottom. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |