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

Both types of funds hedge funds and mutual funds are now overweight financials for only the third time in Goldman's historical data. — Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026

The state has some $15 billion in unclaimed property, including securities, such as stock holdings, mutual funds and retirement accounts. — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026

Of that, more than two-thirds is held by domestic lenders such as mutual funds and the Federal Reserve System, while foreign investors hold the rest. — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

When money flows into a mutual fund, the fund issues new shares at NAV and receives cash that can be invested in the portfolio. — Bydoug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 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