Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hedgefund

1 sense of hedgefund

Sense 1
hedge fund, hedgefund -- (a flexible investment company for a small number of large investors (usually the minimum investment is $1 million); can use high-risk techniques (not allowed for mutual funds) such as short-selling and heavy leveraging)
       => investment company, investment trust, investment firm, fund -- (a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies)