ADJ
- large
- appeal, charitable, charity
- The newspaper launched an appeal fund for victims of the disaster
- benevolent, campaign, investment, memorial, pension, prize, social, trust
- a benevolent fund for retired actors
- sufficient
- insufficient
- limited
- There are only limited funds available
- unlimited
- surplus
- available
- government, private, public
VERB + FUND
- create, establish, launch, set up, start
- They set up an investment fund to provide money for their retirement
- administer, manage
- draw on
- They don't want to draw on the fund unless they have to
- have
- We have insufficient funds to pay for the building work
- be out of, be short of
- We are short of funds at the moment, so we are not going on holiday
- appeal for
- The school is appealing for funds to invest in new equipment
- borrow, boost, build up, collect, generate, get, obtain, raise, receive, secure
- allocate, lend, make available, provide, release
- Funds will be made available to ensure the provision of hospital services
- channel, direct, use
- The government is to channel more funds into local development schemes
PREP
- in a/the ~
- There is currently over £200,000 in the fund
- into a/the ~
- The money received is paid directly into a pension fund
- ~ for
- a charity event to raise funds for local schools
- ~ from
- Funds from the event will support the work of the hospice
FUND + NOUN
- holder, manager 2 funds money that is available and can be spent
- raiser (also fund-raiser), raising (also fund-raising)
PHRASES
- access to funds
- The current account offers savers instant access to funds
- a flow of funds
- the flow of funds between various economic sectors
- a lack/ shortage of funds
- The project was hampered by lack of funds