trust fund

noun

: property (such as money or securities) settled or held in trust

Examples of trust fund in a Sentence

She paid for college out of a trust fund set up for her by her grandfather.
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Even without this change, the trust fund the program relies on to pay retirement benefits may run out in nine years, the program’s trustees have projected. Lorie Konish, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2024 Police believed that Kelley had planned the shooting as part of a ploy to take over the valuable trust fund. Liam Quinn, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024 Holmes shared a screenshot of the post, which also claimed that Suri had another trust fund set up by her mother. Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024 As a condition of the bankruptcy filings, these companies created trust funds to pay out compensation on claims for active and future claimants. Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 26 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for trust fund 

Word History

First Known Use

1738, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of trust fund was in 1738

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“Trust fund.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trust%20fund. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

Legal Definition

trust fund

see fund sense 1

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