D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Hedge fund

/hĕj fŭnd/ · Hedge· fund · IPA
01 n. a mutual fund or partnership of investors who pool large sums of money to speculate in securities, increasing the risk of such activity by …
  1. 1.
    a mutual fund or partnership of investors who pool large sums of money to speculate in securities, increasing the risk of such activity by using borrowed money to leverage the investments, or by selling short.(Finance)