funder

See also: FUNDER

English

Etymology

fund + -er

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfʌndɚ/
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  • Rhymes: -ʌndə(ɹ)

Noun

funder (plural funders)

  1. One who funds.
    • 1987 May 9, Gordon Gottlieb, Richard Burns, Sue Hyde, “Homocrats and Liberationists: Burns and Hyde Consider the Community's Institutions”, in Gay Community News, page 8:
      I think funding sources do have an impact on the political direction of any organization. An organization that is not politically palatable to the funder is going to lose the funder. That has had an impact on the direction of the gay liberation event.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Danish

Verb

funder

  1. imperative of fundere

Interlingua

Verb

funder

  1. to melt

Latin

Verb

funder

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of fundō

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin fundō.

Verb

funder

  1. (Anglo-Norman) to found
  2. (Anglo-Norman) to build; to construct; to make

Conjugation

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Descendants

  • French: fonder
  • German: fundieren
  • Middle Breton: fondaff
  • Middle English: founden
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