sinking fund
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To grow your money before the holiday rush, consider parking your sinking fund in high-yield savings accounts that often let you earn up to 5% APY.
From Salon • Nov. 26, 2024
A sinking fund is essentially a savings account you put aside for specific future expenses — holiday spending, in this case.
From Salon • Nov. 26, 2024
A sinking fund is different from other kinds of savings accounts — like an emergency fund or a traditional savings account — in a few ways.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 10, 2022
It used £10m of the surplus to add to its general budget, on top of the £14m it gets from tax, rates and grants, and put the remainder into a rainy-day sinking fund.
From Reuters • Jun. 24, 2020
Renewal for the equipment is taken care of by the creation of a sinking fund based on an average life of four years.
From Motor Truck Logging Methods Engineering Experiment Station Series, Bulletin No. 12 by Knapp, Frederick Malcolm
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