superfund

IPA: supɝfˈʌnd

Root Word: Superfund

noun

  • (US) A large amount of money designated for environmental cleanup by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980.
  • (Britain, Australia, finance) A investment vehicle for superannuation assets.
  • (finance) An investment fund that invests in other investment funds; a fund of funds.

verb

  • (US, transitive) To fund (a college payment plan) with a large payment, more than the usual annual payment.
  • (US, transitive) To fund (environmental cleanup) by means of a Superfund.
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Examples of "superfund" in Sentences

  • It is a superfund clean up site.
  • The Headquarters Superfund docket.
  • This would make the base a Superfund site.
  • Several superfund sites are located along the river.
  • Not only is the lake polluted, it's a SUPERFUND site.
  • The data in the Superfund Program is available to the public.
  • The facility was closed in 1983 and declared a superfund site.
  • The site was formerly listed as a superfund contaminated site.
  • It is a designated Superfund site, and is closed to the public.
  • Palmerton is currently the location of the Palmerton Zinc Superfund site.

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