Fund
Fund verb - To furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income.
Set up
Set up verb - To be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of.
Usage example: set up a scholarship fund for deserving students from the inner city
Both terms in one sentence
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Works as a public defender instead of at his father's prestigious law firm, and donates his trust fund payout to set up a civil law division at the PD's office.
Source: Non-Idle Rich -
Played with in The Shawshank Redemption: When helping one of the guards set up a trust fund, Andy Dufresne asks the guard if he wants his kids to go to Harvard or Yale.
Source: Ivy League for Everyone - Another fan theory that has been prevalent in the fan-fics is that Ron is still receiving a percentage from Bueno Nacho, and that his parents had the foresight to set up a trust fund for him.
Source: Fanon / Western Animation
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