trust fund

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noun

money, securities, property, etc., held in trust.

a government fund administered separately from other funds and used for a specified purpose: a highway trust fund.

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Origin of trust fund

First recorded in 1860–65

Words nearby trust fund

trustee in bankruptcy, trustee investment, trustee process, trusteeship, trustful, trust fund, trust hotel, trustification, trusting, trustless, trustor

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How to use trust fund in a sentence

Had I paid JPAY again instead of ConnectNetwork, which also handled “inmate trust funds” for your loved one to buy soap and ramen noodles.
'You Have One Minute Remaining.' Why I'll Always Drop Everything to Answer My Brother's Calls From Prison|Reuben Jonathan Miller|February 16, 2021|Time
Northam would put an additional $25 million into the state’s housing trust fund to keep it at $55 million at a time when the pandemic is aggravating the problems of homelessness and affordable housing.
Gov. Northam unveils Virginia budget plan with big spending on coronavirus as economy improves|Gregory S. Schneider|December 16, 2020|Washington Post
The agency said the money would come from the state’s transportation trust fund, which is used to pay for projects statewide.
Maryland will pay Purple Line firms $100 million by Dec. 31 under legal settlement|Katherine Shaver|December 11, 2020|Washington Post
She was even put in charge of the trust funds for the surviving 10- and 12-year-old children of a family friend who died.
A prosecutor and police chief were adored in their community. Then their scheme unraveled.|Kim Bellware|December 3, 2020|Washington Post

That trust fund consists entirely of Treasury securities and is legally barred from owning stocks.
The Fed Saved the Economy but Is Threatening Trillions of Dollars Worth of Middle-Class Retirement|by Allan Sloan|October 21, 2020|ProPublica
Rebels in Africa trade in children to fund their conflicts and obtain child soldiers.
ISIS, Boko Haram, and the Growing Role of Human Trafficking in 21st Century Terrorism|Louise I. Shelley|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And from there, the letter asked for money for a legal defense fund.
The Monsters Who Screamed for Dead Cops|Jacob Siegel|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In fact, as attendees noted to The Daily Beast, legislators go to ALEC to find ways to fund their campaigns.
The Left’s Answer to ALEC|Ben Jacobs|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Not to mention the revenue that will be generated by this, which then can be used to fund education and health care.
Tribes to U.S. Government: Take Your Weed and Shove It|Abby Haglage|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We proud skeptics would rather trust the demonstrable facts than the alleged truth.
On Torture, Chuck Johnson & Sondheim|James Poulos|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If you throw away this chance, you will both richly deserve to be hanged, as I sincerely trust you will be.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens
There are three things a wise man will not trust: the wind, the sunshine of an April day, and woman's plighted faith.
Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou
He must trust to his human merits, and not miracles, for his Sonship is of no value in this conflict.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
As if unwilling to trust himself longer in dangerous companionship, he went up to town with Thomas Carr.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood
I would not trust their removal to any other hand, and so, the panel comes out without a shake.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

British Dictionary definitions for trust fund

trust fund

noun

money, securities, etc, held in trust

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