Fund vs Institution - What's the difference?
fund | institution |
A sum or source of money.
An organization managing such money.
A money-management operation, such as a mutual fund.
A large supply of something to be drawn upon.
* Macaulay
An established organisation, especially one dedicated to education, public service, culture or the care of the destitute, poor etc.
The building which houses such an organisation.
A custom or practice of a society or community, marriage for example.
(informal) A person long established with a certain place or position.
The act of instituting.
(obsolete) That which institutes or instructs; a textbook or system of elements or rules.
As nouns the difference between fund and institution
is that fund is discovery, finding, find (something that is found) while institution is institution.fund
English
(wikipedia fund)Noun
(en noun)- the fund of a bank, commercial house, manufacturing corporation, etc.
- a fund for the maintenance of underprivileged students
- Several major funds were declared insolvent recently.
- He drew on his immense fund of knowledge.
- 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 fundinstitution
English
Noun
(wikipedia institution) (en noun)- There is another manuscript, of above three hundred years old, being an institution of physic. — Evelyn.
