unit trust

noun
1.
Also called fixed investment trust, fixed trust. an investment company that has a fixed portfolio of securities, usually of a single type, such as municipal bonds or corporate bonds, which are held to maturity: each investor receives a share in the amount proportionate to his or her holding.
2.
Also called u·ni·trust [yoo-ni-truhst] . an inflexible type of mutual fund in which each investor is obligated to invest a total specified amount in a certain number of shares, payable in equal amounts on a monthly or quarterly basis over an extended period of time.
3.
British, mutual fund.
Also called unit investment trust (for defs 1, 2).


Origin:
1935–40

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unit trust
 
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(Brit) an investment trust that issues units for public sale, the holders of which are creditors and not shareholders with their interests represented by a trust company independent of the issuing agency

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The annuity and unitrust requirements are not, however, conducive to the transfer of a residence.
Unitrust payments for charitable purposes are permitted but not required.
Unitrust amount determined by net income with make-up method.
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