Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

slush fund

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.98 in modern English

Syllables: slush -fund
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Money stored for illegal or dishonest purposes.

noun

Money that has not been hypothecated or dedicated to a particular purpose, or which is used for a different purpose than originally intended.

Example Sentences

"He is said to have used his party’s slush fund to buy votes in the election."
"7: CERN bestows slush fund on the LHC. Take all pennies from the CERN space."
"To do this, [the Lord Mayor] has at his disposal a multibillion-pound slush fund for use in lobbying the UK government and governments around the world to bring in laws that are friendly to banks and multinational companies."
"A slush fund is a sum of money that is set aside as a reserve. In accounting, a slush fund is a general ledger account of commingled funds that does not have a designated purpose. In more sinister cases, a slush fund may be used as a "black fund," which is unaccounted for and kept off the books."

Etymology

Originally in reference to money for miscellaneous uses that sailors made by selling slush (“a soft mixture of grease and other ingredients”).

Inflected Forms

slush funds (plural)

Questions

What does slush fund mean?: Money stored for illegal or dishonest purposes.
Where does slush fund come from?: Originally in reference to money for miscellaneous uses that sailors made by selling slush (“a soft mixture of grease and other ingredients”).

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