trust
Americannoun
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reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
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confident expectation of something; hope.
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confidence in the certainty of future payment for property or goods received; credit.
to sell merchandise on trust.
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a person on whom or thing on which one relies.
God is my trust.
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the condition of one to whom something has been entrusted.
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the obligation or responsibility imposed on a person in whom confidence or authority is placed.
a position of trust.
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charge, custody, or care.
to leave valuables in someone's trust.
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something committed or entrusted to one's care for use or safekeeping, as an office, duty, or the like; responsibility; charge.
- Synonyms:
- commission , commitment
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Law.
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a fiduciary relationship in which one person (the trustee) holds the title to property (the trust estate or trust property) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary).
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the property or funds so held.
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Commerce.
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an illegal combination of industrial or commercial companies in which the stock of the constituent companies is controlled by a central board of trustees, a group of people who have assumed the authority to supervise the affairs of the constituent companies, thus making it possible to manage the companies so as to minimize production costs, control prices, eliminate competition, etc.
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any large industrial or commercial corporation or combination having a monopolistic or semimonopolistic control over the production of some commodity or service.
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Archaic. reliability.
adjective
verb (used without object)
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to rely upon or place confidence in someone or something (usually followed by in orto ).
to trust in another's honesty; trusting to luck.
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to have confidence; hope.
Things work out if one only trusts.
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to sell merchandise on credit.
verb (used with object)
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to have trust or confidence in; rely or depend on.
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to believe.
- Synonyms:
- credit
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to expect confidently; hope (usually followed by a clause or infinitive as object).
trusting the job would soon be finished; trusting to find oil on the land.
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to commit or consign with trust or confidence.
- Synonyms:
- entrust
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to permit to remain or go somewhere or to do something without fear of consequences.
He does not trust his children out of his sight.
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to invest with a trust; entrust or charge with the responsibility for something.
We trust her to improve the finances of the company within the year.
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to give credit to (a person) for goods, services, etc., supplied.
Will you trust us till payday?
verb phrase
idioms
noun
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reliance on and confidence in the truth, worth, reliability, etc, of a person or thing; faith
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a group of commercial enterprises combined to monopolize and control the market for any commodity: illegal in the US
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the obligation of someone in a responsible position
a position of trust
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custody, charge, or care
a child placed in my trust
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a person or thing in which confidence or faith is placed
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commercial credit
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an arrangement whereby a person to whom the legal title to property is conveyed (the trustee) holds such property for the benefit of those entitled to the beneficial interest
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property that is the subject of such an arrangement
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the confidence put in the trustee
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(in the British National Health Service) a self-governing hospital, group of hospitals, or other body providing health-care services, which operates as an independent commercial unit within the NHS
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(modifier) of or relating to a trust or trusts
trust property
verb
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(tr; may take a clause as object) to expect, hope, or suppose
I trust that you are well
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to place confidence in (someone to do something); have faith (in); rely (upon)
I trust him to tell her
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(tr) to consign for care
the child was trusted to my care
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(tr) to allow (someone to do something) with confidence in his or her good sense or honesty
I trust my daughter to go
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(tr) to extend business credit to
Related Words
Trust, assurance, confidence imply a feeling of security. Trust implies instinctive unquestioning belief in and reliance upon something: to have trust in one's parents. Confidence implies conscious trust because of good reasons, definite evidence, or past experience: to have confidence in the outcome of events. Assurance implies absolute confidence and certainty: to feel an assurance of victory.
Other Word Forms
- nontrust noun
- overtrust verb
- self-trust noun
- trustability noun
- trustable adjective
- truster noun
- untrustable adjective
- untrusted adjective
- well-trusted adjective
Etymology
Origin of trust
First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English noun from Old Norse traust “trust” (cognate with German Trost “comfort”); Middle English verb trusten, from Old Norse treysta, derivative of traust
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
He put up his hands, “It’s gonna be good for you, man, trust me.”
From Salon
He and my mom made a will online that they notarized a few years ago, but I’ve been meaning to get a real elder-care attorney to make a new will or trust.
From MarketWatch
Nigel Bullock, a member of the Newcastle-based trust, has been posting on social media to counter misinformation about the virus and said he was happily surprised by the response.
From BBC
We've tried for months to interview Mr Graham, but he told us he had "no trust that a filmed interview would represent me honestly".
From BBC
But the skepticism is notable for what it says about the difficulty in building trust in public institutions after so many decades of malfeasance and mismanagement.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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