A sum of money or other resources set aside for a specific purpose, An aggregation or deposit of resources from which supplies are or may be drawn for carrying on any work, or for maintaining existence, A large supply of something to be drawn upon, verb_ accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability, place or store up in a fund for accumulation, transitive verb_ To provide funds for, To convert (short-term government debt) into a long-term or floating debt with fixed interest payments