trust funds

noun

plural of trust fund
as in funds

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  1. funds
  2. benefits
  3. legacies
  4. endowments
  5. stipends
  6. allowances
  7. advances
Noun
  • Caputo vowed to prevent such pitfalls, with intelligence and financial oversight agencies helping to vet applicants' identities, criminal records and sources of funds.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Anderson and Lago chastised Castro, accusing her of using city funds to help cover personal expenses to attend her ethics hearing.
    — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of funds
Noun
  • The costs from climate change will be so extortionate and the economic value losses so devastating that, in the final wash of the cost-benefit analysis, the benefits of mitigation outweigh the costs.
    — Stephanie Walton, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Such athletes may still practice with women’s teams and receive certain benefits associated with practicing.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of benefits
Noun
  • The Video Vanguard Award recognizes artists’ legacies as music video innovators.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Here’s a look into the lives and legacies of the members of Nirvana.
    — Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of legacies
Noun
  • Yet the overall foundation response to the current crisis continues to be much less robust than during the pandemic, even as endowments have generally grown in recent years due to the strong stock market.
    — Phil Buchanan, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026
  • This should be of particular interest to pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, endowments and insurance companies that have committed billions to climate venture funds.
    — Rob Day, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of endowments
Noun
  • Union officials asked for 20% raises across three years, telework benefits — which would include $25 commuting stipends for those required to work in-person — and health benefits to ensure accessibility to affordable medical services.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Where possible, governments should provide stipends, child care, translation, disability access, and digital and in-person routes.
    — Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of stipends
Noun
  • Each year, fewer allowances are created, lowering the total annual climate pollution in the state.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The credits are funded by allowances purchased by companies that emit large amounts of climate pollution.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of allowances
Noun
  • Melting ice and advances in technology could also open up the continent to mining.
    — Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The system generates high-power electromagnetic waves that can ablate, or vaporize, rock as a borehole advances.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of advances
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“Trust funds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trust%20funds. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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