in funds en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ɪn ˈfʌndz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ɪn ˈfʌndz/ (General-American)
- [-ˈfəndz] (General-American)
Etymology
From in + funds (“financial resources”).
Meanings
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(UK, dated, not-comparable) Having enough money to spend.
[H]e knew from experience the imprudence of letting Zeena think he was in funds on the eve of one of her therapeutic excursions.
1911 October, Edith Wharton, chapter III, in Ethan Frome (The Scribner Library; SL8), New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 71:
Translations (9)
fr être en fonds (having enough money to spend) · nl in bonis (having enough money to spend) · fi vauras (having enough money to spend) · ru при деньга́х (having enough money to spend) · pl nadziany (having enough money to spend) · pl dziany (having enough money to spend) · pl kasiasty (having enough money to spend) · pl przy kasie (having enough money to spend) · pl forsiasty (having enough money to spend)