# fonds

Pronunciation: say "FONDZ" US /fɑndz/, UK /fɒndz/

## Noun

1. The entire body of records originating from a single creator, kept together as a unit within an archive.
   - Simple: All the records and papers created by one person or organization, kept together as a group.
   - _The library acquired the novelist's entire fonds, including unpublished drafts and personal correspondence._
   - _Each fonds is described as a whole before its individual files are cataloged._
2. Plural of fond. — plural of fond
   - Simple: Plural of fond. Use this form when talking about more than one fond.
   - _The rich fonds left after searing the beef formed the base of the gravy._
   - _Cooks deglaze the pan to dissolve the fonds into the simmering liquid._

## Origin

Borrowed from French "fonds," and a doublet of "fund."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/fonds (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).