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Fund vs Defalcate - What's the difference?

fund | defalcate |

As verbs the difference between fund and defalcate

is that fund is to pay for while defalcate is to misappropriate funds; to embezzle.

As a noun fund

is a sum or source of money.

fund

English

(wikipedia fund)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A sum or source of money.
  • the fund of a bank, commercial house, manufacturing corporation, etc.
    a fund for the maintenance of underprivileged students
  • An organization managing such money.
  • A money-management operation, such as a mutual fund.
  • Several major funds were declared insolvent recently.
  • A large supply of something to be drawn upon.
  • He drew on his immense fund of knowledge.
  • * Macaulay
  • an inexhaustible fund of stories

    Derived terms

    (derived terms) * balanced fund * bond fund * closed-end fund * equity fund * feeder fund * fund of funds * growth fund * hedge fund * income fund * index fund * load fund * master fund * mutual fund * open-end fund * no-load fund * pension fund * stock fund * trust fund

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To pay for.
  • defalcate

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To misappropriate funds; to embezzle.
  • To cut off; to take away or deduct a part of (money, rents, income, etc.).
  • * Burke
  • To show what may be practicably and safely defalcated from the [the estimates].

    Derived terms

    * defalcation

    See also

    * lop

    References

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