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

Research and trade a broad range of onshore and offshore mutual funds. — Carson Brunson, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026

These are seven complex mathematical challenges that the Clay Mathematics Institute, founded by American mutual fund magnate Landon Clay, selected in the year 2000, offering a $1 million prize for the first correct solution to each problem. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026

Pay now or later, or not at all Some mutual fund share classes charge a sales commission, or load, that compensates the broker or advisor who sells the fund. — Debbie Carlson, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Sep. 2026

Happy 50th birthday Vanguard 500 Index Fund, the first ever index mutual fund which revolutionized how Americans invest. — Medora Lee, USA Today, 31 Aug. 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