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English-Thai Dictionary

sinking fund

N เงินทุน ชำระหนี้ ngen-tuancham-ra-ne

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SINKING

ppr. Falling; subsiding; depressing; declining. Sinking fund, in fiance, a fund created for sinking or paying a public debt, or purchasing the stock for the government.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SINKING

SINKING Sink "ing, a & n.

Defn: from Sink. Sinking fund. See under Fund. -- Sinking head (Founding ), a riser from which the mold is fed as the casting shrinks. See Riser, n., 4. -- Sinking pump, a pump which can be lowered in a well or a mine shaft as the level of the water sinks.

New American Oxford Dictionary

sinking fund

sink ing fund ▶noun a fund formed by periodically setting aside money for the gradual repayment of a debt or replacement of a wasting asset.

Oxford Dictionary

sinking fund

sink |ing fund ▶noun a fund formed by periodically setting aside money for the gradual repayment of a debt or replacement of a wasting asset.