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