Fund

[Fr. fond; It. fon do; Lat. fundus, ground, bottom, foundation, - allied to Lat. fund a, a sling, a casting-net, a money-purse, and Gr. sphendone, a bandage.] A stock or capital. "He performs all this out of his own fund." ( Dryden.) - Money lent to government, constituting the stock of a national debt, for which interest is paid; (mostly in the plural;) as, the funds have fallen. - Money or income destined to the payment of the interest of a public debt, or for the support of some permanent object. - Abundance; ample stock or store. Funds , ( Public .) See NATIONAL DEBT. -v.a. To provide and appropriate a fund for paying the interest of, as a debt. - To place, as money in a fund. Fund'able, a. That may be converted into a fund, or interest-bearing investment.