trust account
Americannoun
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an account of property established with a trust company by a grantor, for distribution during or after the grantor's lifetime.
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Also called trustee account. Banking. a savings account over which the depositor, while living, has sole control as trustee, and which upon the death of the depositor becomes payable to the beneficiary.
noun
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Also called: trustee account. a savings account deposited in the name of a trustee who controls it during his lifetime, after which the balance is payable to a prenominated beneficiary
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property under the control of a trustee or trustees
Example Sentences
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The companies expect gross proceeds of more than $420 million, funded by a combination of cash in NewHold’s trust account and an anchored private investment in public equity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
Crane Harbor is providing $225 million from its trust account to finance the transaction, with a remaining $275 million coming from a group of investors including several Canadian banks and AMD.
From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026
Boeing wired the settlement funds into Girardi Keese’s client trust account in March 2020.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2026
We have $2.8 million invested in IRAs, a Roth IRA and a trust account.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2025
So far, with the help of Jerome, she had managed to extract nearly three million dollars from Kaira’s trust account.
From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar
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