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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A mutual fund whose portfolio is designed to match the performance of an index of stocks or other securities.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a mutual fund that invests in the stocks that are the basis of a well-known stock or bond index
  • noun a mutual fund whose assets are stocks on a given list

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