Usually means: Savings for specific future expenses.
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General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. sinking funds: Merriam-Webster
  2. sinking funds: Collins English Dictionary
  3. sinking funds: Vocabulary.com
  4. sinking funds: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. sinking funds: Wiktionary
  6. sinking funds: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. sinking funds: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. sinking funds: Legal dictionary
  3. sinking funds: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sinking funds: Encyclopedia

(Note: See sinking_fund as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (sinking fund)

noun:  (finance) A fund established by an economic entity by setting aside revenue over a period of time to fund a future capital expense or repay a long-term debt.
▸ Also see sinking_fund


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