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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Fund \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.
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2. To place in a fund, as money.
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3. To put into the form of bonds or stocks bearing regular
interest; as, to fund the floating debt.
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