trust fund

American  

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.

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trust fund British  

noun

1. money, securities, etc, held in trust

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Etymology

Origin of trust fund

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

“I would like to create a trust fund of $5 million for her and suggest she quit work and travel for a few years to see the world,” she said.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

“It was part of our core and movement for us to spread the money around and help brothers eat, without a project out. It was like we were trust fund babies.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

The two are legally separate entities — but for illustrative purposes, a combined trust fund is figured to provide the actuarial status of the Social Security program as a whole.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026

Venezuelan oil revenues would continue to flow into the trust fund, whose assets and payments would be transparently published online.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

She immediately set up a trust fund for the “perpetual betterment of Riverview Middle School and all struggling public education facilities in the city.”

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein