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

Half would go to health care and retirement trust funds for production unions, including the WGA, IATSE, DGA, and Teamsters. — Andrew McGowan, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026

Social Security faces trust fund depletion dates projected for the next decade that would trigger across-the-board benefit cuts unless lawmakers act sooner. — Lorie Konish, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026

Nick Reiner asked the court for trust fund money owed to him before his parents’ slayings. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026

He is deeply involved in eco-friendly innovations and educational initiatives, such as Sea Beyond launched in 2019, creating last year a trust fund with UNESCO for the ocean literacy project. — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 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