Fund may refer to:
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Funding
Funding is the act of providing resources to finance a need, program, or project. While this is usually in the form of money, it can also take the form of effort or time from an organization or company. Generally, this word is used when a firm use ...
is the act of providing resources, usually in form of money, or other values such as effort or time, for a project, a person, a business, or any other private or public institution
** The process of soliciting and gathering funds is known as
fundraising
Fundraising or fund-raising is the process of seeking and gathering voluntary financial contributions by engaging individuals, businesses, charitable foundations, or governmental agencies. Although fundraising typically refers to efforts to gathe ...
* An
investment fund
An investment fund is a way of investment, investing money alongside other investors in order to benefit from the inherent advantages of working as part of a group such as reducing the risks of the investment by a significant percentage. These ad ...
, often referred to as a fund
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Hedge fund
A hedge fund is a Pooling (resource management), pooled investment fund that holds Market liquidity, liquid assets and that makes use of complex trader (finance), trading and risk management techniques to aim to improve investment performance and ...
, an investment vehicle open only to investors who are qualified in some way
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Mutual fund
A mutual fund is an investment fund that pools money from many investors to purchase Security (finance), securities. The term is typically used in the United States, Canada, and India, while similar structures across the globe include the SICAV in ...
, a specific type of investment fund which pools money from many investors to purchase securities
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Sovereign wealth fund
A sovereign wealth fund (SWF), or sovereign investment fund, is a state-owned investment fund that invests in real and financial assets such as stocks, Bond (finance), bonds, real estate, precious metals, or in alternative investments such as ...
, a state-owned investment fund
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Fund accounting
Fund accounting is an accounting system for recording resources whose use has been limited by the donor, grant authority, governing agency, or other individuals or organisations or by law.Leon E. Hay (1980). ''Accounting for Governmental and Nonp ...
, an accounting system used for recording resource use under limitations imposed by a donor or regulator
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Meir Fund
Meir Fund is an American Orthodox rabbi, Kabbalist, and spiritual leader of Congregation ''Sheves Achim, 1517 Avenue H,'' in Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn is a Boroughs of New York City, borough of New York City located at the westernmost en ...
, American rabbi
*FUND or FUND92, short names for the
International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage of 1992.
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