sinking fund — see fund 1 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. sinking fund … Law dictionary
sinking fund bonds — ( sinkers) Revenue bond issues that require the issuer to accumulate or set aside part of the annual revenue which is then used to redeem bonds before maturity, often well before regular call dates. The set aside funds are called the sinking fund … Financial and business terms
Sinking fund — Sinking Sink ing, a. & n. from {Sink}. [1913 Webster] {Sinking fund}. See under {Fund}. {Sinking head} (Founding), a riser from which the mold is fed as the casting shrinks. See {Riser}, n., 4. {Sinking pump}, a pump which can be lowered in a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sinking fund — Fund Fund, n. [OF. font, fond, nom. fonz, bottom, ground, F. fond bottom, foundation, fonds fund, fr. L. fundus bottom, ground, foundation, piece of land. See {Found} to establish.] 1. An aggregation or deposit of resources from which supplies… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sinking fund — n. a fund made up of sums of money set aside at intervals, usually invested at interest, in order to meet a specified future obligation, as the retirement of bonds at maturity … English World dictionary
Sinking-fund — (engl., sinkender Fond, Tilgungsfond, Tilgungsstamm), in England das durch die jährliche Zinsersparung anwachsende Vermögen zur Verminderung der Staatsschuld, s.u. Schuldentilgung … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Sinking fund — (engl., spr. ßingking fönnd), soviel wie Tilgungsfonds (s. d.) … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Sinking fund — (engl., spr. fönnd), s.v.w. Amortisationsfonds (s. Amortisation) … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Sinking fund — Sinking fund, engl., Tilgungsfond … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
sinking fund — sinking .fund n technical money saved regularly by a business to pay for something in the future … Dictionary of contemporary English
sinking fund — sinking ,fund noun count money you save in order to pay for something in the future … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English