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vulture funds

vulture funds is the plural of vulture fund.

Meaning of vulture fund

Noun

vulture fund (plural vulture funds)

  1. (derogatory) A hedge fund or private equity fund that invests in debt considered to be very weak or in imminent default. Investors profit by buying debt at a discounted price on a secondary market and then suing the debtor for a larger amount than the purchasing price.
    • This chapter discusses current official initiatives designed to curb vulture fund litigation and proposes a rethinking of the doctrine of sovereign immunity as a key measure to curb the predatory behaviour of vulture funds.2018, Ilias Bantekas, Cephas Lumina, Sovereign Debt and Human Rights, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 498

Questions about vulture funds

What is vulture funds the plural of?
Vulture funds is the plural of vulture fund.

Words near vulture funds in the dictionary

  1. vulture capitalism
  2. vulture capitalist
  3. vulture capitalists
  4. vulture culture
  5. vulture fund
  6. vulture funds
  7. vulture hock
  8. vulture hocks
  9. vulture-berries
  10. vulture-hocked
  11. vulture-like

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