hedge fund

noun

: an investing group usually in the form of a limited partnership that employs speculative techniques in the hope of obtaining large capital gains

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For decades, the quarterly 13F filings of hedge funds have also detailed rapid movements into and out of chip stocks as booms and busts proceeded. — Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026 While working at a New York City hedge fund, Marchitelli started an Instagram account in his downtime by posting (mostly headless) images of himself in a variety of custom suits. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026 Oks, who attended Oxford University, worked for a hedge fund and became a journalist and writer. — T.m. Brown, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026 Last year, hedge funds were offering to buy claims that insurers had against Southern California Edison for the Eaton fire, leading to calls for reform. — Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hedge fund

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First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of hedge fund was in 1966

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