Collocations for "funds"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "funds" in context.
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fund
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- invest in a mutual fund
- his investment fund
- starting a college fund (for their kids)
- how much is in your [college, home] fund?
- grew up with a trust fund
- paid for it with his trust fund
- lives off of her [retirement, trust] fund
- got a trust fund from his [mother]
- set up an equity fund
- [started, founded] a [scholarship, development, relief] fund (for)
- set up a fund to [support, provide, pay for, help]
- [dip into, access] the reserve funds
- [had, forced] to use the reserve funds
- funds are starting to run low (for)
- funds have dried up (for)
- funds have dried up without their [support, donations]
- do we have enough funds to cover the [cost, repair]?
- not enough funds were [allocated, assigned] (to)
- I'm [momentarily, temporarily] without funds
- fund the [project, research, training, workshops, investment]
- [refused, agreed, needed] to fund the [project]
- fund the [opposition, rebels, enemy]
- funded by [taxpayers, the government, lottery money, public money]
- funded through [grants, subsidies, tax breaks]
- funded [largely, in part] by
- fund the [war, construction, repairs]
- funded [jointly, directly, entirely]
- [working, able, unable] to fund my [travels, studies, ambition]
- stole from his [mother, family, employer] to fund his [habit, addiction]
- to fund his [drug habit, addiction to drugs, gambling addiction]
- check the fund balance
- works as a fund manager
- is a trust-fund baby
'funds' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
adequate
- advancement
- allocation
- allotment
- ancillary
- appropriate
- availability
- blatant
- charity
- clear
- clearance
- collected
- completion
- constraint
- contingency
- counterpart
- dedicated
- depletion
- disposition
- district
- diversion
- donor
- draw
- endowment
- expenditure
- finance
- flush
- forthcoming
- freeze
- freezing
- fuel
- fund
- green
- hamper
- heavily
- inappropriate
- intend
- lack
- lending
- leverage
- levy
- lifestyle
- limited
- loot
- management
- mandatory
- matching
- misuse
- movement
- mutual