Fund (n.) An aggregation or deposit of resources from which supplies are or may be drawn for carrying on any work, or for maintaining existence. |
Fund (n.) A stock or capital |
Fund (n.) The stock of a national debt |
Fund (n.) An invested sum, whose income is devoted to a specific object |
Fund (n.) A store laid up, from which one may draw at pleasure |
Fund (v. t.) To provide and appropriate a fund or permanent revenue for the payment of the interest of |
Fund (v. t.) To place in a fund, as money. |
Fund (v. t.) To put into the form of bonds or stocks bearing regular interest |
Strike (v. t.) To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument |
Strike (v. t.) To come in collision with |
Strike (v. t.) To give, as a blow |
Strike (v. t.) To stamp or impress with a stroke |
Strike (v. t.) To thrust in |
Strike (v. t.) To punish |
Strike (v. t.) To cause to sound by one or more beats |
Strike (v. t.) To lower |
Strike (v. t.) To make a sudden impression upon, as by a blow |
Strike (v. t.) To affect in some particular manner by a sudden impression or impulse |
Strike (v. t.) To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke |
Strike (v. t.) To cause to ignite |
Strike (v. t.) To make and ratify |
Strike (v. t.) To take forcibly or fraudulently |
Strike (v. t.) To level, as a measure of grain, salt, or the like, by scraping off with a straight instrument what is above the level of the top. |
Strike (v. t.) To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle. |
Strike (v. t.) To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly |
Strike (v. t.) To borrow money of |
Strike (v. t.) To lade into a cooler, as a liquor. |
Strike (v. t.) To stroke or pass lightly |
Strike (v. t.) To advance |
Strike (v. i.) To move |
Strike (v. i.) To deliver a quick blow or thrust |
Strike (v. i.) To hit |
Strike (v. i.) To sound by percussion, with blows, or as with blows |
Strike (v. i.) To make an attack |
Strike (v. i.) To touch |
Strike (v. i.) To run upon a rock or bank |
Strike (v. i.) To pass with a quick or strong effect |
Strike (v. i.) To break forth |
Strike (v. i.) To lower a flag, or colors, in token of respect, or to signify a surrender of a ship to an enemy. |
Strike (v. i.) To quit work in order to compel an increase, or prevent a reduction, of wages. |
Strike (v. i.) To become attached to something |
Strike (v. i.) To steal money. |
Strike (n.) The act of striking. |
Strike (n.) An instrument with a straight edge for leveling a measure of grain, salt, and the like, scraping off what is above the level of the top |
Strike (n.) A bushel |
Strike (n.) An old measure of four bushels. |
Strike (n.) Fullness of measure |
Strike (n.) An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence. |
Strike (n.) The act of quitting work |
Strike (n.) A puddler's stirrer. |
hit smash smasher strike bang | a conspicuous success, that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career, that new Broadway show is a real smasher, the party went with a bang |
strike | (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders, this pitcher throws more strikes than balls |
strike ten-strike | a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball, he finished with three strikes in the tenth frame |
strike | an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective, the strike was scheduled to begin at dawn |
first strike | the initial use of nuclear weapons to attack a country that also has nuclear weapons, considered feasible only when the attacker can destroy the other country's ability to retaliate, the Pakistani president promised no first strike against India |
surgical strike | an attack (usually without prior warning) intended to deal only with a specific target |
preventive strike preventive attack | a strike that is carried out in order to deter expected aggression by hostile forces |
hunger strike | a voluntary fast undertaken as a means of protest |
strike work stoppage | a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions, the strike lasted more than a month before it was settled |
sit-down sit-down strike | a strike in which workers refuse to leave the workplace until a settlement is reached |
sympathy strike sympathetic strike | a strike in support of other workers who are on strike, a strike not resulting from direct grievances against the workers' employer |
wildcat strike | a strike undertaken by workers without approval from the officials of their union |
pre-emptive strike | a surprise attack that is launched in order to prevent the enemy from doing it to you |
rap strike tap | a gentle blow |
pension fund | a financial institution that collects regular contributions from employers to provide retirement income for employees |
investment company investment trust investment firm fund | a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies |
hedge fund hedgefund | a flexible investment company for a small number of large investors (usually the minimum investment is $ million), can use highisk techniques (not allowed for mutual funds) such as short-selling and heavy leveraging |
mutual fund mutual fund company open-end fund open-end investment company | a regulated investment company with a pool of assets that regularly sells and redeems its shares |
index fund | a mutual fund that invests in the stocks that are the basis of a well-known stock or bond index |
closed-end fund closed-end investment company | a regulated investment company that issues a fixed number of shares which are listed on a stock market |
United Nations Children's Fund United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund UNICEF | an agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries |
International Monetary Fund IMF | a United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies |
strike zone | (baseball) the area over home plate between a batter's knees and shoulders through which a pitch must pass in order to be called a strike |
strike-slip fault | a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally |
strike leader | someone who leads a strike |
endowment endowment fund | the capital that provides income for an institution |
strike pay | money paid to strikers from union funds |
fund monetary fund | a reserve of money set aside for some purpose |
mutual fund | the pooled money that is invested in assets |
exchange traded fund ETF | a mutual fund that is traded on a stock exchange |
index fund | a mutual fund whose assets are stocks on a given list |
revolving fund | a fund which, if borrowed or used, is intended to be replenished so it may be loaned or spent repeatedly |
sinking fund | a fund accumulated regularly in a separate account and used to redeem debt securities |
pension fund superannuation fund | a fund reserved to pay workers' pensions when they retire from service |
slush fund | a fund for buying votes or bribing public officials |
trust fund | a fund held in trust |
store stock fund | a supply of something available for future use, he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars |
reserve account reserve fund | funds taken out of earnings to provide for anticipated future payments |
old-age pension retirement pension retirement check retirement benefit retirement fund superannuation | a monthly payment made to someone who is retired from work |
strike a blow | affect adversely, The court ruling struck a blow at the old segregation laws |
strike | cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp, strike an arc |
strike out | set out on a course of action, He struck out on his own |
strike a chord | create an emotional response, The music struck a chord with the listeners |
strike | arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing, strike a balance, strike a bargain |
cross off cross out strike out strike off mark | remove from a list, Cross the name of the dead person off the list |
strike | indicate (a certain time) by striking, The clock struck midnight, Just when I entered, the clock struck |
strike hit | make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target, The Germans struck Poland on Sept. , , We must strike the enemy's oil fields, in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game to |
retaliate strike back | make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil, The Empire strikes back, The Giants struck back and won the opener, The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing |
retire strike out | cause to get out, The pitcher retired three batters, the runner was put out at third base |
hit strike | affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely, We were hit by really bad weather, He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager, The earthquake struck at midnight |