mutual fund

noun

: an open-end investment company that invests money of its shareholders in a usually diversified group of securities of other corporations

Examples of mutual fund in a Sentence

She invested her money in a mutual fund.
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Of that, more than two-thirds is held by domestic lenders such as mutual funds and the Federal Reserve System, while foreign investors hold the rest. — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026 When money flows into a mutual fund, the fund issues new shares at NAV and receives cash that can be invested in the portfolio. — Bydoug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Aug. 2026 As a result, despite Indian markets underperforming their global peers by a wide margin, equity funds in India logged positive inflows for the 65th consecutive month, according to data from India's mutual fund industry body AMFI. — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2026 Foreign companies and pooled investment vehicles (such as mutual funds or hedge funds) must still report information about foreign owners. — Riley Beggin, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mutual fund

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First Known Use

1932, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of mutual fund was in 1932

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