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.
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The June 2025 Social Security and Medicare trustees’ report states that Social Security’s trust funds, which cover old age and disability recipients, will be unable to pay full benefits beginning in 2034. Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025 Generations of workers have fretted about the future of Social Security, the retirement trust fund. Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025 The trust fund, which provided funding for most federal transportation operations and programs, is a resource outside the annual appropriations process. David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2025 The 36 year old, along with two of friends, purchased 674 Santa Fe Drive earlier this month for $690,000 from a private trust fund, according to public records. Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for trust fund

Word History

First Known Use

1738, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 27 Oct. 2025.

Legal Definition

trust fund

see fund sense 1

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