HEDGE FUND

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A flexible investment company for a small number of large investors (usually the minimum investment is $1 million); can use high-risk techniques (not allowed for mutual funds) such as short-selling and heavy leveraging

Synonyms:

hedge fund; hedgefund

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("hedge fund" is a kind of...):

fund; investment company; investment firm; investment trust (a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies)

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