trust fund

noun

: property (such as money or securities) settled or held in trust

Examples of trust fund in a Sentence

She paid for college out of a trust fund set up for her by her grandfather.

Recent Examples on the Web

If that trust fund — the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance, or OASI — is combined with the disability trust fund, the program may be able to pay full benefits until 2034, at which point 83% of benefits would be payable. — Lorie Konish, CNBC, 14 July 2026

Even after trust fund depletion, the system will continue issuing benefits, albeit at reduced amounts. — ABC News, 14 July 2026

As part of the application process, the City Council tentatively approved using $1 million from the housing trust fund. — Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026

The plan limited cuts to a Black Student Achievement program and drew down funds from a retiree health benefit trust fund to show the district could stay solvent. — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1738, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for trust fund

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

Legal Definition

trust fund

see also:

fund sense 1