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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Most prominently, the SSA is currently facing a depletion of its trust funds, which help pay for benefits along with tax revenue. Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024 That’s what people think of as the trust fund becoming exhausted. Cory Smith, Baltimore Sun, 23 Nov. 2024 Revenue from those taxes helps to shore up the Social Security and Medicare trust funds, which are dwindling. Tribune News Service, Sun Sentinel, 23 Oct. 2024 Ending taxes on Social Security benefits would move the insolvency date of Social Security’s trust fund closer by over one year, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Lorie Konish, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for trust fund 

Word History

First Known Use

1738, in the meaning defined above

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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 21 Dec. 2024.

Legal Definition

trust fund

see fund sense 1

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