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.

Recent Examples on the Web

Getting access to the trust fund money could pave the way for Jackson to rejoin Reiner’s defense team. — Hannah Knowles, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026

But the bigger story may be what happens a few years later, when the program’s main trust fund is projected to run dry. — Fernanda Tronco, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026

While a permanent solution for shoring up the benefits program has not been passed into law, lawmakers on the Hill have called for new measures to replenish the trust funds. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026

At the same time, Social Security's trust fund is projected to become insolvent in six years. — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1738, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for trust fund

• fecund
• refund
• rotund
• secund
• and
• bund
• gunned
• hund
• mund
• shunned
• stunned

Legal Definition

trust fund

see also:

fund sense 1