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confidential
Adjective
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If something is confidential, then it is private or meant to be kept a secret.
The doctor told the teenager: "The law says we have to keep your medical information confidential. Whatever you tell me, I can't tell your parents.
Pang's boss told her: "These documents are very confidential. Please lock them in your desk when you are not in your office."
fund
Noun
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A fund is an amount of money kept for a specific purpose.
GM cannot afford to keep paying into the company pension fund.
Our fund-raising campaign has a target of $100,000.
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An organisation's funds are the money that it has.
The school is raising funds to pay for the new library.
The sports centre closed because of a lack of funds.
fund
Verb
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If you fund something, you give it money for its activities.
The project is jointly funded by the Government of Canada and the International Red Cross.
The university will no longer fund research into this drug.