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hedge fund

[hej fuhnd]

noun

  1. an investment partnership that uses high-risk, speculative methods to obtain large, short-term profits.



hedge fund

noun

  1. a largely unregulated speculative fund which offers substantial returns for high-risk investments

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hedge fund1

First recorded in 1965–70
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To fund the deal, the Glazers borrowed millions of pounds from hedge funds and left the club with debts of £604m.

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His father, Christiano, is a businessman who founded his own hedge fund company, while mother Roberta was a junior volleyball player who moved into sports event management.

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Meanwhile, the Spectator was sold to hedge fund billionaire Sir Paul Marshall last year for £100m.

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Justice Samuel Alito took a private jet trip and luxury Alaskan vacation with hedge fund billionaire Paul Singer.

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The former hedge fund manager, in a brief speech Monday that opened the Milken Institute Global Conference, said that all three elements of the policy must be taken together in order to be understood.

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