My ancestor's occupation was listed as FUNHOLDER/FUNDHOLDER in the census. Does anyone know what this means? Ty

I just googled the words fund holder and found there is plenty online information on this. http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/ABERDEEN/2005-11/1132072079 take too much space to reproduce it in an email.. Cheers Ainslie.