Trust

[trʌst]

Definition

(noun.) the trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others; 'the experience destroyed his trust and personal dignity'.

(noun.) a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service; 'they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly'.

(noun.) something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary); 'he is the beneficiary of a generous trust set up by his father'.

(verb.) have confidence or faith in; 'We can trust in God'; 'Rely on your friends'; 'bank on your good education'; 'I swear by my grandmother's recipes'.

(verb.) extend credit to; 'don't trust my ex-wife; I won't pay her debts anymore'.

(verb.) allow without fear.

Editor: Ryan--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another person; confidence; reliance; reliance.

(n.) Credit given; especially, delivery of property or merchandise in reliance upon future payment; exchange without immediate receipt of an equivalent; as, to sell or buy goods on trust.

(n.) Assured anticipation; dependence upon something future or contingent, as if present or actual; hope; belief.

(n.) That which is committed or intrusted to one; something received in confidence; charge; deposit.

(n.) The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office.

(n.) That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope.

(n.) An estate devised or granted in confidence that the devisee or grantee shall convey it, or dispose of the profits, at the will, or for the benefit, of another; an estate held for the use of another; a confidence respecting property reposed in one person, who is termed the trustee, for the benefit of another, who is called the cestui que trust.

(n.) An organization formed mainly for the purpose of regulating the supply and price of commodities, etc.; as, a sugar trust.

(a.) Held in trust; as, trust property; trustmoney.

(n.) To place confidence in; to rely on, to confide, or repose faith, in; as, we can not trust those who have deceived us.

(n.) To give credence to; to believe; to credit.

(n.) To hope confidently; to believe; -- usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object.

(n.) to show confidence in a person by intrusting (him) with something.

(n.) To commit, as to one's care; to intrust.

(n.) To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment; as, merchants and manufacturers trust their customers annually with goods.

(n.) To risk; to venture confidently.

(v. i.) To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide.

(v. i.) To be confident, as of something future; to hope.

(v. i.) To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of payment; to give credit.

Inputed by Chris

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Confidence, reliance, faith, belief, credence, assurance.[2]. Credit, tick.[3]. Charge, deposit.[4]. Commission, errand, duty.[5]. Faith, hope, expectation.

v. a. [1]. Rely on, depend upon, confide in, put confidence in, trust to.[2]. Give credit to, sell to on credit.[3]. Believe, give credence to.[4]. Entrust, commit.

v. n. [1]. Expect, hope, be confident, feel sure.[2]. Be confiding, be credulous.

Edited by Annabel

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Faith, confidence, reliance, belief, hope, expectation, credit, duty,commission, charge,[See ACTUALLY]

Edited by Angus

Definition

n. trustworthiness: confidence in the truth of anything: confident expectation: a resting on the integrity friendship &c. of another: faith: hope: credit (esp. sale on credit or on promise to pay): he who or that which is the ground of confidence: that which is given or received in confidence: charge: an arrangement by which property is handed to or vested in a person in the trust or confidence that he will use and dispose of it for the benefit of another also the estate so managed for another: in modern commerce an arrangement for the control of several companies under one direction to cheapen expenses regulate production beat down competition and so obtain a maximum return.—adj. held in trust.—v.t. to place trust in: to believe: to give credit to: to sell upon credit: to commit to the care of: to expect confidently.—v.i. to be confident or confiding.—ns. Trust′-deed a deed conveying property to a trustee; Trustee′ one to whom anything is entrusted: one to whom the management of a property is committed in trust for the benefit of others; Trustee′ship; Trust′er; Trust-estate′ an estate held by trustees.—adj. Trust′ful trusting: worthy of trust.—adv. Trust′fully.—n. Trust′fulness.—adv. Trust′ily.—n. Trust′iness.—adj. Trust′ing confiding.—adv. Trust′ingly.—adj. Trust′less treacherous unfaithful.—ns. Trust′lessness; Trust′worthiness.—adjs. Trust′worthy worthy of trust or confidence: trusty; Trust′y (comp. Trust′ier,superl. Trust′iest) that may be trusted: deserving confidence: honest: strong: firm: (Shak.) involving trust.—Active or Special trust a trust in which the trustee's power of management depends upon his having the right of actual possession; Breach of trust a violation of duty by a trustee executor &c.; In trust as a charge for safe-keeping; On trust on credit."

Editor: Warren