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Definition of Investment trust
1. Noun. A financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies.
Specialized synonyms: Hedge Fund, Hedgefund, Mutual Fund, Mutual Fund Company, Open-end Fund, Open-end Investment Company, Closed-end Fund, Closed-end Investment Company, Face-amount Certificate Company, Real Estate Investment Trust, Reit, Unit Investment Trust, Unit Trust, Fixed Investment Trust, Nondiscretionary Trust
Generic synonyms: Nondepository Financial Institution
Derivative terms: Fund, Fund
Lexicographical Neighbors of Investment Trust
Literary usage of Investment trust
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Institutional Investors in the New Financial Landscape by H. J. Blommestein, Norbert Funke (1998)
"A securities investment trust is a contractual agreement among four parties: ...
If an investment trust is an open type trust, investors can purchase new ..."
2. Palmer's Index to the Times Newspaper (1905)
"1й я IS « —26 n 16 d — Scottish investment trust, ... 2 d 12 с Second Scottish
investment trust, 27 o 12/ Shell Transport and Trading, 23 d 9 e Singer Cycle ..."
3. OECD Economics Glossary: English-French = Glossaire de L'économie de L'OCDE by Oecd (2006)
"... international investment trust société internationale d'investissement ...
[FIN] split capital investment trust <ик> syn. split level investment trust ..."
4. Reports of Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon by Oregon Supreme Court (1906)
"... including any past or future advances made according to their terms, or entitle
the Northern Counties investment trust, Limited, to any payments from ..."
5. International Finance and Its Reorganization by Elisha Michael Friedman (1922)
"The British investment trust, Ltd., the Metropolitan Trust, Ltd., the Second
Edinburgh investment trust, Ltd., and the investment trust Corporation, Ltd., ..."