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funds

/fʌndz/ noun B1
  1. Financial resources. · I don’t know if I have the funds for this.· I'm a little short of funds at the moment.
  2. Permanent debts due by a government and paying interest.
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My funds are deposited there, and you can understand that if I draw out ten millions on the same day it will appear rather strange to the governor.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1032 · C1
They have not shown any sign of being in funds.”
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 79 · B2
“All my fortune is in the funds; seven or eight hundred thousand francs.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 82 · C1
The master of La Jeune Amélie, who was very desirous of retaining amongst his crew a man of Edmond’s value, had offered to advance him funds out of his future profits, which Edmond had accepted.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 237 · C1

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