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vulture fund UK US noun [C] DISAPPROVING FINANCE, STOCK MARKET
► an investment fund that buys shares cheaply in companies that are failing in order to take control, improve their performance, and so make money: »
The vulture funds are looking for quick exits after short-term gains.
► an investment fund that buys a poor country's debt and then takes legal action to get the country to pay it: »
Vulture funds are threatening the economies of some of the world's poorest countries.
Financial and business terms. 2012.