funds

NOUN

cash reserve

Synonyms

STRONG

affluence assets backing bankroll belongings bread budget capital collateral currency dough earnings finance lucre means money possessions proceeds profits property resources revenue savings securities specie stakes store stuff substance treasure wealth wherewithal winnings

WEAK

accounts receivable fluid assets hard cash money in the bank money on hand nest egg petty cash pork barrel ready money

Antonyms

STRONG

debt loss need poverty

Example Sentences

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Shift unused funds between siblings, redirect money for graduate school, or convert excess to Roth accounts.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Vanguard, which pioneered index mutual funds, says that about 30% of retirement account holders choose equity funds if they’re offered by plan sponsors, and most are indexed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

We don’t need the money, but additional funds are always helpful.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

There is no other holding within those funds that could have accounted for such a move.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

The trader let it slip that a number of hedge funds had been calling Goldman to ask “how to do the short housing trade that Scion is doing.”

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Vocabulary lists containing funds

Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)

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Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963), List 1

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