fund vs funds

[EdisonBhola]

Is it true when we want to say "money", the word to use is "funds", and when we want to say money established for a cause, we use "fund" without an s?

For example: The government should allocate more fund/funds to education.

Should I use funds?

 

[Egmont]

Yes, you should. Your analysis is correct.

 

[michael13]

Egmont's reply was unexpected to me. When we say 'a company's pension fund', it is referring to an amount of money that has been saved or has been made available for a particular purpose. What is the difference between this fund and the 'funds' mentioned by Edison?

 

[Parla]

As Edison correctly said, funds = money, generally; fund = a sum of money established for a particular purpose, in this case a pension fund.

 

[michael13]

Thank you, Parla and Egmont and Edison~

 

[EdisonBhola]

Thank you all