Word info

superfund

Speech parts

1. superfund - Noun

2. superfund - Verb

Meaning

Superfund (plural Superfunds)

(US) A large amount of money designated for environmental cleanup by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980.
a Superfund site


superfund (plural superfunds)

(Britain, Australia, finance) A investment vehicle for superannuation assets.


superfund (plural superfunds)

(finance) An investment fund that invests in other investment funds; a fund of funds.

(US, transitive) To fund (a college payment plan) with a large payment, more than the usual annual payment.

(US, transitive) To fund (environmental cleanup) by means of a Superfund.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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Examples

Nobody wants to open a business near a Superfund site and risk being sued. Fred Thompson

Superfund was passed with the good intention of cleaning up America's toxic waste sites. Fred Thompson

$1.2 million for cleanup of groundwater contamination at the Esko superfund site. Source: Internet

Demolition of a polluting power plant and halting residential development on a Superfund site are but two of the miraculous testaments to the life of “Saint Marie of Hunters Point.” Source: Internet

Long-term remedial efforts to make sure contamination didn’t rebound at existing Superfund sites, for example, averaged 64 a year under Trump. Source: Internet

Sankaran hopes that data will inform environmental-justice policy that would prevent the root causes of water contamination in marginalized communities — for example, aging infrastructure or proximity to superfund sites and other polluters. Source: Internet

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