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Definition: Unit Trust |
Unit TrustNoun1. A regulated investment company consisting of professional managers who issue redeemable securities representing a portfolio of many different securities; "you can invest in a unit investment trust for as little as $1000". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Finance | An organization that collects money from subscribers, called unitholders, and invests it in securities for their benefit. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: Unit TrustSynonym: unit investment trust (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Unit Trust |
| English words defined with "unit trust": utilize. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Unit Trust" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. German (unit trust). |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Australia | A unit trust is a configuration in which the entitlement of beneficiaries is expressed in units relative to the total number of fixed units. (references) |
Malaysia | Seventy percent foreign ownership is permitted in local fund management companies working with both local and foreign clients and dealing with both institutional and unit trust funds. (references) | |
Australia | For example, one participant in an unincorporated joint venture could be the trustee of a unit trust, while one shareholder in an incorporated joint venture could also be the trustee of a unit trust. (references) | |
Political Economy | MALAYSIA | In February 2001, the Securities Commission released its Capital Markets Master Plan, which features liberalized foreign participation limits by 2003, at which time foreigners would be permitted to purchase a limited number of existing stockbroking licenses and take a majority stake in unit trust management. (references) |
Trade | South Africa | For unit trusts through unit trust management companies not only is the definition of assets changed but the limit is also increased to 20% of total assets under management. (references) |
Ghana | Non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) comprise a Stock Exchange, 17 insurance companies, the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), three (3) discount houses, the Home Finance Company, numerous building societies, two venture capital company, a unit trust and 6 leasing companies. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
unit trust | 104 |
uk unit trust | 10 |
unit trust price | 6 |
unit trust software | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "unit trust"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | podílový fond. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | investeringsforening (commodity fund, commodity pool, FCIMT, fund, futures fund, managed futures fund, mutual fund). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | gemeenschappelijk beleggingsfonds (fund, mutual fund), beleggingsmaatschappij (fund, mutual fund), beleggingsfonds (fund, mutual fund, pooled investment), beleggingsdepot (fund, mutual fund). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sijoitusrahasto (fund, hedge fund, mutual fund, pooled investment), rahasto (foundation, fund, treasury). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | fonds commun de placement, FCP. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | unit-trust-papiere, unit trust, investment-papiere, investmentgesellschaft (investment company), Investment-Fonds (fund, mutual fund), Investierungsgesellschaft (fund, mutual fund), Anlagetrust (fund, mutual fund), Anlagefonds (fund, mutual fund). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κεφάλαιο επενδύσεως (fund, mutual fund), επενδυτικό ταμείο (fund, mutual fund), εταιρία επενδύσεων (fund, mutual fund, pooled investment), αμοιβαίο κεφάλαιο (fund, mutual fund), αμοιβαίο κεφαλαίο. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | befektetési alap (mutual fund). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | fondo d'investimento (fund, mutual fund, real estate fund, real estate investments trust, real estate trust), fondo d'impiego capitali (fund, mutual fund), fondo comune di investimento a capitale variabile (fund, mutual fund), fondo commune d'investimento (fund, mutual fund). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | itunay usttray fundo de investimentos aberto (fund, mutual fund). (various references) fondos de inversión (fund, mutual fund), fondo de inversión colectiva (fund, mutual fund), FIM, FIAMM (fund, mutual fund). (various references) värdepappersfond (fund, mutual fund, pooled investment), placeringsfond (fund, mutual fund), investeringsbolag, aktiefond. (various references) birim tröstü. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-n-r-s-t-t-t-u-u" | |
-1 letter: unitrust. | |
-2 letters: intrust. | |
-3 letters: rutins, strunt, tuttis. | |
-4 letters: ruins, runts, rutin, stint, strut, stunt, sturt, suint, tints, trust, turns, tutti, tutus, units. | |
-5 letters: nits, nuts, rins, ruin, runs, runt, rust, ruts, snit, stir, stun, suit, tins, tint, tits, tuis, tuns, turn, tuts, tutu, unit, urns, urus. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-n-r-s-t-t-t-u-u" | |
+3 letters: outthrusting. | |
+4 letters: structuration. | |
+5 letters: structurations. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 69 74 54 72 75 73 74 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01101110 01101001 01110100 00100000 01010100 01110010 01110101 01110011 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n i t   T r u s t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 0069 0074 0054 0072 0075 0073 0074 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5580758625484878586 |
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