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noun
a trust designed for the benefit of the general public, as for educational or other charitable purposes (opposed to private trust).
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Also called public trust.
Origin of charitable trust
First recorded in 1855–60
Words nearby charitable trust
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How to use charitable trust in a sentence
Roosevelt not only emerged victorious over his lower-body paralysis, but also founded what became the March of Dimes, the charitable trust that funded the polio vaccine.
The new CDC guidelines remind that presidential leadership matters during pandemics|Howard Markel|May 14, 2021|Washington PostMost of the remainder of his estate will be donated to a newly reformulated charitable trust.
He rarely declined, if the object were a good one, taking the chair at a public meeting, or accepting a charitable trust.
Yesterdays with Authors|James T. FieldsWe are, therefore, driven to consider the full objects of the charitable trust under discussion.
Education in England in the Middle Ages|Albert William Parry
British Dictionary definitions for charitable trust
charitable trust
noun
a trust set up for the benefit of a charity that complies with the regulations of the Charity Commissioners to enable it to be exempt from paying income tax
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