mutual fund

noun

: an open-end investment company that invests money of its shareholders in a usually diversified group of securities of other corporations

Examples of mutual fund in a Sentence

She invested her money in a mutual fund.

Recent Examples on the Web

Moody’s estimates that almost 90% of corporate equities and mutual funds are held by households in the top 20% of the income distribution. — Richard Kestenbaum, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Decades ago, actively managed mutual funds, where professionals pick investments and charge for doing so, were dominant. — Paul Kiel, ProPublica, 8 July 2026

Their creation-and-redemption activity also helps keep ETFs liquid and generally more tax efficient than mutual funds. — Debbie Carlson, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 July 2026

These accounts are taxed at the long-term capital gains rate, lower than income taxes, so a brokerage account that invests in low- or no-divedend mutual funds could generate more money by the time a child reaches 18. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 7 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1932, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for mutual fund

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

Legal Definition

mutual fund

see also:

fund sense 2