trust funds

noun

plural of trust fund
as in funds

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  1. funds
  2. benefits
  3. legacies
  4. endowments
  5. stipends
  6. allowances
  7. advances
Noun
  • Rarely have the donors or recipients of narco funds been prosecuted, let alone convicted.
    — Mary Beth Sheridan, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
  • Schmitz had also proposed a microzoning project in La Guaira in 2018, but couldn’t get the funds to do it.
    — Syra Ortiz-Blanes, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
Definition of funds
Noun
  • To prevent speculation that drives up land price without actual construction, the zoning benefits would be granted only on submission of building-permit applications.
    — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
  • Communities that see tangible benefits from the installation phase are less likely to block it.
    — Nili Gilbert, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of benefits
Noun
  • Paul McCartney has spent more than 60 years building one of the richest and most recognizable cultural legacies in popular music.
    — David Deal, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • One of Keegan’s legacies at Newcastle was his signing of Alan Shearer — the club’s all-time top goalscorer — in 1996.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 20 July 2026
Definition of legacies
Noun
  • The investors best positioned for this market--mega-cap balance sheets, sovereign funds, multi-decade endowments--simply don't need their money back on any timeline.
    — Carrie McCabe, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • Washington also bars its pension funds and college endowments from investing into Chinese firms developing sensitive technologies.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 16 July 2026
Definition of endowments
Noun
  • Wages or stipends even the playing field with the adults, who are also being paid to work for the good of the city.
    — Krista Mehari, The Conversation, 23 July 2026
  • Union officials are also asking for telework, which would include $25 commuting stipends for those required to work in-person, and health benefits to ensure accessibility to affordable medical services.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of stipends
Noun
  • Suarez, who donates his salary, has proposed eliminating the car and phone allowances, highlighting substantial increases in the mayor and commission budget in recent years.
    — Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
  • Officials had estimated only four bus stops would be subject to new higher-density allowances — but in SANDAG’s maps, 21 meet the criteria.
    — Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2026
Definition of allowances
Noun
  • Organizations that invest in continuous learning, reskilling and upskilling are better equipped to respond to changing customer expectations, technological advances and economic disruption.
    — Sheila Callaham, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Third-party funding doesn’t only incorporate co-productions but includes the lucrative UK high-end TV tax credit and distributor advances.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 July 2026
Definition of advances
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