| Main Entry: | fund |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | repository, reserve |
Synonyms: |
armamentarium, capital, endowment, foundation, hoard, inventory, kitty, mine, pool*, reservoir, source, stock, store, storehouse, supply, treasury, trust, vein |
| Main Entry: | fund |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | provide money for |
Synonyms: |
back, bankroll, capitalize, endow, finance, float, grubstake, juice*, patronize, pay for, pick up the check, pick up the tab, promote, stake, subsidize, support |
Antonyms: |
take |
| Main Entry: | bank |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | financial institution |
Synonyms: |
coffer, countinghouse, credit union, depository, exchequer, fund, hoard, investment firm, repository, reserve, reservoir, safe, savings, stock, stockpile, store, storehouse, thrift, treasury, trust company, vault |
| Main Entry: | cache |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hidden supply |
Synonyms: |
accumulation, assets, drop, drop joint, drop-off, fund, hideout, hiding place, hoard, kitty, nest egg, plant, repository, reserve, shade, stake, stash, stockpile, store, storehouse, supplies, treasure, treasury, wealth |
| Main Entry: | charity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | generosity, gift |
Synonyms: |
alms, alms-giving, assistance, benefaction, beneficence, contribution, dole, donation, endowment, fund, gifting, hand*, hand-out, helping hand, largesse, oblation, offering, philanthropy, relief, write-off |
Antonyms: |
stealing, taking |
| Main Entry: | defray |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pay |
Synonyms: |
bear the cost, chip in, cover cost, finance, foot the bill, fund, pay for, pick up the bill, pick up the check, pick up the tab, settle |
| Main Entry: | endow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give large gift |
Synonyms: |
accord, award, back, bequeath, bestow, come through with, confer, contribute, donate, empower, enable, endue, enhance, enrich, establish, favor, finance, found, fund, furnish, grant, heighten, invest, lay on, leave, make over, organize, promote, provide, settle on, sponsor, subscribe, subsidize, supply, support, vest in, will |
Antonyms: |
receive, take |
| Main Entry: | endowment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large gift |
Synonyms: |
award, benefaction, benefit, bequest, bestowal, boon, bounty, dispensation, donation, fund, funding, gifting, grant, gratuity, income, inheritance, largess, legacy, nest egg, pension, presentation, property, provision, revenue, stake, stipend, subsidy, trust |
Antonyms: |
loss |
| Main Entry: | finance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | offer loan money; set up in business |
Synonyms: |
back, bank, bankroll, capitalize, endow, float*, fund, go for, grubstake, guarantee, juice*, lay on one, loan shark, patronize, pay for, pick up the check, pick up the tab, prime the pump, promote, provide funds, provide security, put up money, raise dough, sponsor, stake, subsidize, support, underwrite |
Antonyms: |
call in, take |
| Main Entry: | hoard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stockpile |
Synonyms: |
abundance, accumulation, agglomeration, aggregation, amassment, backlog, cache, collection, conglomeration, cumulation, fund, garner, heap, inventory, mass, nest egg, pile, reserve, reservoir, riches, stock, store, supply, treasure, treasure-trove, trove, wealth |
| Notes: | a hoard is a collection or the action that creates one; a horde is a crowd, sometimes unfriendly |
Antonyms: |
debt |