sinking : Idioms & Phrases

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Sinking fund

  • noun a fund accumulated regularly in a separate account and used to redeem debt securities
WordNet
  • . See under Fund.
Webster 1913

Sinking head

  • (Founding), a riser from which the mold is fed as the casting shrinks. See Riser, n., 4.
Webster 1913

Sinking pump

  • a pump which can be lowered in a well or a mine shaft as the level of the water sinks.
Webster 1913