funds
資金
解説 Definition
funds は fund（資金、基金）の複数形で、資金という意味です。事業、計画、活動などに使うお金を指し、複数形でまとまった資金を表すことがよくあります。
Funds are sums of money available or collected for a particular purpose, such as a project, trip, organization, or public service. The plural form often refers generally to financial resources rather than to several separately identified funds.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
funds は fund「資金・基金」の複数形で、語末に-sを付け、直前が有声音 /d/ なので語尾は /dz/ と発音します。特定目的に使えるまとまったお金を表し、raise funds、collect funds、lack sufficient fundsなどの定番表現で覚えると実用的です。
Funds is the plural of fund, formed by adding -s. Because fund ends in the voiced sound /d/, the plural ending is pronounced /z/, producing /fʌndz/. Think of money set aside or gathered to support a purpose: funds for a school trip, project funds, or emergency funds. Common verbs make the meaning memorable: raise funds means collect money, provide funds means supply it, and lack funds means not have enough. Compared with the general word money, funds usually suggests money that is available or intended for a particular activity.
例文
We need funds for the school trip.
修学旅行のための資金が必要です。
The group collected funds for the event.
その団体はイベントのために資金を集めました。
The project stopped because there were not enough funds.
十分な資金がなかったため、その計画は止まりました。
funds の類義語・関連語
funds の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 fundus（底、土地、基盤）に由来し、フランス語 fond を経て英語に入った。元は「資産の基盤・元手」の意味。関連語：foundation（基盤）、fundamental（根本的な）。財産の「底・土台」となるお金が「資金」の意味になった。
Fund came into English through French fond from Latin fundus, meaning “bottom,” “land,” or “foundation.” The sense developed from an underlying base or stock of property to a reserve of money available for a purpose. Funds is the regular plural form, created by adding -s to fund. Related words such as foundation and fundamental preserve the broader idea of a base or underlying support, while modern funds specifically refers to financial resources.
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