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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—F

Fund

The sinking fund is money set aside by the Government for paying off a part of the national debt. This money is “sunk,” or withdrawn from circulation, for the bonds purchased by it are destroyed.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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