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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The glossy marketing doesn't include a footnote about trust funds, family support or the ability to absorb year-over-year losses that would devastate most working families. Elle Wang, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025 At the same time, a $125 million state trust fund created for the purpose of helping communities in Brockway's position sits untapped, stuck in partisan gridlock in Madison, Laura Schulte reports. Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2025 That money goes into a trust fund from which the government pays out benefits to retirees, their survivors and people with qualifying disabilities. Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025 Before their release, the Chrisleys were further ordered to turn over $30,000 held in an Alabama trust fund to help pay for their $17 million judgment after their guilty verdict. Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 29 Aug. 2025 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 13 Sep. 2025.

Legal Definition

trust fund

see fund sense 1

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