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hedge fund

noun

finance : a group of investors who take financial risks together in order to try to earn a lot of money

Full Definition of HEDGE FUND

:  an investing group usually in the form of a limited partnership that employs speculative techniques in the hope of obtaining large capital gains
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First Known Use of HEDGE FUND

1966

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