: the trade in short-term negotiable instruments (such as certificates of deposit or U.S. Treasury securities)
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebThere may be times when you are tempted to sell your equity investments and move the proceeds into cash or a money market fund. Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 29 Aug. 2022 The Fed doesn’t have the same set of tools to ensure that the money market fund [and other shadow bank institutions aren’t] taking too many risks. Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica, 5 Aug. 2022 Savings, certificates of deposit and money market accounts don’t typically track the Fed’s changes. Christopher Rugaber, Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2022 Savings, certificates of deposit and money market accounts don’t typically track the Fed’s changes. Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune, 27 July 2022 Savings, certificates of deposit and money market accounts don’t typically track the Fed’s changes. Christopher Rugaber, ajc, 27 July 2022 Savings, certificates of deposit and money market accounts don’t typically track the Fed’s changes. Christopher Rugaber, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2022 You may be tempted to sell equities and move the proceeds into cash or a money market fund. Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 20 July 2022 In effect, MoHash offers something akin to the kind of debt fund that banks have offered in the past – or, indeed, a money market fund. David Prosser, Forbes, 30 June 2022 See More
Word History
First Known Use
1950, in the meaning defined above
Legal Definition
money market
noun
: the trade in short-term negotiable instruments (as certificates of deposit or U.S. Treasury securities)