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 Additional problems could arise if the Social Security system isn't shored up before its trust funds are slated to be depleted in 2033, which could lead to across-the-board benefit cuts. Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2024 The $150 billion shortfall will be made up by drawing down on the program’s $2.63 trillion trust fund. Karl W. Smith, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2024 Tom is a small-time scammer scraping by in early-1960s New York City when he’s summoned to meet with Herbert Greenleaf (Manchester by the Sea filmmaker Kenneth Lonergan), a shipping magnate whose son Richard has been living in Italy on a trust fund. Judy Berman, TIME, 4 Apr. 2024 Neither candidate's put up a plan that will prevent the mandatory 24% cut in benefits when the trust fund goes bankrupt. Nbc Universal, NBC News, 17 Mar. 2024 Both the United States and the United Nations, which established a trust fund for Haiti, have struggled to raise the money. Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2024 When the trust fund was created, legislators stipulated that legislation was going to be needed to guide how and where the money was spent. Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2024 While the United States has provided the bulk of the money for the international security mission, a U.N. trust fund for other contributions has received a lackluster response, with about $11 million committed so far, and another $78 million expected soon, Mr. Dujarric said. Declan Walsh, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024 Rightfully so - Medicare trust fund is almost exhausted and Social Security will be exhausted by 2034. Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1738, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of trust fund was in 1738

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“Trust fund.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trust%20fund. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.

Legal Definition

trust fund

see fund sense 1

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