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Purchase fee

Term · Finance and investing · MLC-T-FIN-000301

A fee that some mutual funds charge when investors buy fund shares. This is not the same as, and may be in addition to, a front-end sales load. A purchase fee is paid to the mutual fund, while a front-end sales load is paid to a selling broker.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-FIN-000301
FieldFinance and investing
ReferencesSEC Investor.gov Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-FIN-000301",
  "term": "Purchase fee",
  "field": "Finance and investing",
  "term_source": "Purchase Fee",
  "definition": "A fee that some mutual funds charge when investors buy fund shares. This is not the same as, and may be in addition to, a front-end sales load. A purchase fee is paid to the mutual fund, while a front-end sales load is paid to a selling broker.",
  "references": [
    "SEC Investor.gov Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/finance/purchase-fee/"
}

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