superfund
superfund noun: an investment vehicle for superannuation assets.
Noun (1)
superfund (plural superfunds)
- An investment vehicle for superannuation assets.
Noun (2)
superfund (plural superfunds)
- An investment fund that invests in other investment funds; a fund of funds.
Verb
superfund (third-person singular simple present superfunds, present participle superfunding, simple past and past participle superfunded)
- To fund (a college payment plan) with a large payment, more than the usual annual payment.
- You also have the option to "superfund" a 529 account by giving a five-year annual gift all at once. The benefit of superfunding the account is that with a higher starting balance, the account will accrue higher earnings. Individuals can donate up to $75,000 (couples can donate $150,000) at one...2020, Sabrina Manville, Nick Ducoff, Better Off After College
- To fund (environmental cleanup) by means of a Superfund.
- Defendants also had "ample opportunity to propose incorporation" of a provision in the decree prohibiting or limiting the FPA from superfunding the area outside the Box.2006, Environment Reporter: Cases, page 1662
Noun (3) capitalized: Superfund
Superfund (plural Superfunds)
- A large amount of money designated for environmental cleanup by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980.
- a Superfund site
- The threat to the Dow complex highlights the risks to Superfund and other toxic cleanup sites posed by the effects of climate change, which include more frequent and severe flooding.2020 May 20, Hiroko Tabuchi, “Dam Failure Threatens a Dow Chemical Complex and Superfund Cleanup”, in New York Times
Forms of superfund
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | superfunds |
| plural | Superfunds |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | superfunds |
| present participle | superfunding |
| past participle | superfunded |
| past | superfunded |
Origin of superfund
A blend of superannuation (“retirement”) + fund.
From super- + fund.
Questions about superfund
- What does superfund mean?
- Superfund means an investment vehicle for superannuation assets.
- What part of speech is superfund?
- Superfund can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of superfund?
- The plural of superfund is superfunds.
Words near superfund in the dictionary
Source and license
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