unit investment trust
(UIT)
Noun
An investment company that is organized under a trust indenture, contract, custodianship, agency or similar instrument that does not have a board of directors and that issues only nonvoting redeemable securities (units), each of which represents an undivided interest in a portfolio of passively held assets.
Synonym(s):
- investment trust; unit trust.
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