trust fund
Americannoun
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money, securities, property, etc., held in trust.
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a government fund administered separately from other funds and used for a specified purpose.
a highway trust fund.
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of trust fund
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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Pressure on Social Security’s trust funds add to the uncertainty.
From MarketWatch
Financing for reconstruction of Gaza following two years of war would come from a trust fund backed by the World Bank, according to the resolution.
From BBC
Not a trust fund, not an inheritance — the same seed money anyone might scrape together.
From MarketWatch
Without injections of public money, Social Security’s trust fund will run out of reserves in 2034 and Medicare “part A” in 2033.
From MarketWatch
But the disability program is paid for, via payroll taxes, by its own trust fund, separate from the one for the retirement program.
From Salon
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