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

Goldman Sachs pointed out Friday that hedge funds sold tech stocks at a record pace last week. — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026

In 2006, in a notorious case, Pershing Square Capital Management, the hedge fund founded and managed by the billionaire Bill Ackman, had begun taking on a plurality stake in Borders, which operated about a thousand book-and-music stores. — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

But after the recent mega-sale of much of his Wynwood portfolio to hedge fund executive Ken Griffin, Mana is at a crossroads. — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026

That residence, once owned by Penthouse magazine founder Bob Guccione, is now owned by hedge fund founder John Griffin. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 15 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