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

Financing for reconstruction of Gaza following two years of war would come from a trust fund backed by the World Bank, according to the resolution.

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Not a trust fund, not an inheritance — the same seed money anyone might scrape together.

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Without injections of public money, Social Security’s trust fund will run out of reserves in 2034 and Medicare “part A” in 2033.

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But the disability program is paid for, via payroll taxes, by its own trust fund, separate from the one for the retirement program.

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If Congress doesn’t act to shore up the program, the trust fund backing Social Security faces insolvency in 2033, at which point the fund would pay out only 77% of scheduled benefits.

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