superfund

[soo-per-fuhnd]

noun

(sometimes initial capital letter)

1. a large fund set up to finance an expensive program or project.

Word History and Origins

Origin of superfund¹

First recorded in 1980–85; super- + fund

Example Sentences

Superfund site — with the long-term goal of redeveloping it into new housing and parkland.

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EPA to place the site on its Superfund list in 1989.

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Try not to move to an area near a golf course or Superfund site.

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Superfund sites aren’t well marked, but you want to avoid living too close to one since toxic chemicals leak into the soil and eventually the surrounding air.

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He became a problem-solver for a company with plenty of legal headaches, from badly delayed power-plant projects to superfund site cleanups.

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