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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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That’s thanks to his late great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, who established a family trust fund in 1994 that left some £19 million (about $25 million) to Prince Harry and his brother, Prince William.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 17 Sep. 2024
This means owning assets like property, investing in long-term businesses, and establishing trust funds or other financial tools that ensure wealth is passed down.
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—Melissa Houston, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
Sorokin was convicted in 2019 of grand larceny and other financial crimes after pretending to be a German heiress with a trust fund.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN, 5 Sep. 2024
That said, the old man had set up a separate trust fund to ensure that Carrie would be left with something: a patent for an experimental healing device.
—Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1738, in the meaning defined above
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“Trust fund.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trust%20fund. Accessed 21 Sep. 2024.
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trust fund
see fund sense 1
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