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

My opponent’s a trust fund kid who’s never had a job in his life. — Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026

The 2026 trustees report, released in June, projects that the retirement trust fund will be depleted in the fourth quarter of 2032, a quarter earlier than last year’s estimate. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026

Hahn received a one-time $115,000 payment and monthly interest payments from a $150,000 trust fund. — Ronnie Glassberg, CNN Money, 6 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

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