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
  • Unlocking extra funds for public health departments to buy drugs like those temporarily being imported.
    — Eric Boodman, STAT, 31 July 2026
  • Middleton completed the challenge in late June, to help raise funds for the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 31 July 2026
Definition of funds
Noun
  • More recent research suggests that Covid-19 vaccines have continued to show benefits, even as population immunity levels grow and the virus becomes less novel.
    — Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The logic is that if colleges are afraid to sign a player out of fear of retaliation, the player won’t receive the benefits of Judge Sweeney’s order granting the injunction.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of benefits
Noun
  • Paul McCartney has spent more than 60 years building one of the richest and most recognizable cultural legacies in popular music.
    — David Deal, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • One of Keegan’s legacies at Newcastle was his signing of Alan Shearer — the club’s all-time top goalscorer — in 1996.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 20 July 2026
Definition of legacies
Noun
  • The investors best positioned for this market--mega-cap balance sheets, sovereign funds, multi-decade endowments--simply don't need their money back on any timeline.
    — Carrie McCabe, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • Pension funds, university endowments, insurance companies, and family offices (which manage investments for wealthy families) supply much of the capital that venture firms use to invest in start-ups.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 July 2026
Definition of endowments
Noun
  • The union’s top priorities include a 20% raise across three years, telework — 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, 30 July 2026
  • Backup child care, more predictable scheduling, child care stipends, and partnerships with local providers helped employees stay at work while reducing costly turnover.
    — Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of stipends
Noun
  • Plans compete on supplemental benefits, some genuinely valuable and some shiny objects — cards and allowances designed to win an enrollment season rather than to matter at three in the morning in an emergency department.
    — Sachin H. Jain, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • Suarez, who donates his salary, has proposed eliminating the car and phone allowances, highlighting substantial increases in the mayor and commission budget in recent years.
    — Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
Definition of allowances
Noun
  • Organizations that invest in continuous learning, reskilling and upskilling are better equipped to respond to changing customer expectations, technological advances and economic disruption.
    — Sheila Callaham, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Third-party funding doesn’t only incorporate co-productions but includes the lucrative UK high-end TV tax credit and distributor advances.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 July 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 Aug. 2026.

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