hedge fund

[ hej-fuhnd ]
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noun
  1. an investment partnership that uses high-risk, speculative methods to obtain large, short-term profits.

Origin of hedge fund

1
First recorded in 1965–70

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hedge fund

noun
  1. a largely unregulated speculative fund which offers substantial returns for high-risk investments

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