hedge fund

noun

: an investing group usually in the form of a limited partnership that employs speculative techniques in the hope of obtaining large capital gains

Examples of hedge fund in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Some of these donors were hedge funds and banks that had in the past offered him large sums to work for them. — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026

On the topic of taste in decor, Bessent, who used to manage a hedge fund, also made an apparent jibe about the new Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. — Kate Bartlett, NPR, 30 Oct. 2026

His single biggest donation is $1 million from hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin. — Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026

By most measures, hedge funds have radically cut their leverage and exposure to tech. — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for hedge fund

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

Legal Definition

hedge fund

see also:

fund sense 2