trust fund

noun

1. money, securities, property, etc., held in trust.
2. a government fund administered separately from other funds and used for a specified purpose:

   a highway trust fund.

trust fund

noun

1. money, securities, etc, held in trust

Word History and Origins

Origin of trust fund¹

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

Had I paid JPAY again instead of ConnectNetwork, which also handled “inmate trust funds” for your loved one to buy soap and ramen noodles.

From 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.

From Washington Post

The agency said the money would come from the state’s transportation trust fund, which is used to pay for projects statewide.

From 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.

From Washington Post

That trust fund consists entirely of Treasury securities and is legally barred from owning stocks.

From ProPublica

It was kind of clear to me,” DeHaan says, “that the perfect fit would be to make him a trust fund baby, a hipster kid.

From The Daily Beast

He filed for bankruptcy in 1999 due to the alleged mismanagement of his trust fund.

From The Daily Beast

Boustany noted with pride that the omnibus allocated $1 billion dollars to the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund.

From The Daily Beast

Newly eligible 62 years olds are expected to live to 84 on average, or one year longer than the Social Security trust fund.

From The Daily Beast

When I started writing about Social Security in 2002, the trust fund was projected to run out in 2041.

From The Daily Beast

All his money, save the small income from the trust fund established by his mother, is likewise sunk in the enterprise.

From Project Gutenberg

This she had put into a trust fund, purchasing therewith an "annuity" of $800, which she now took great pleasure in presenting.

From Project Gutenberg

You see our little trust fund—$1,800—of Jackson money is wrenched from us.

From Project Gutenberg

Ann and the children were now living on a trust fund left to them by her father, Charles Carter, when he died in 1806.

From Project Gutenberg

The funds of a bank are a trust fund, and my duty is to see that they are employed to the best advantage.

From Project Gutenberg