trust

trust  (trst)

n.

1. Firm reliance on the integrity, ability, or character of a person or thing.

2. Custody; care.

3. Something committed into the care of another; charge.

4.

a. The condition and resulting obligation of having confidence placed in one: violated a public trust.

b. One in which confidence is placed.

5. Reliance on something in the future; hope.

6. Reliance on the intention and ability of a purchaser to pay in the future; credit.

7. Law

a. A legal title to property held by one party for the benefit of another.

b. The confidence reposed in a trustee when giving the trustee legal title to property to administer for another, together with the trustee's obligation regarding that property and the beneficiary.

c. The property so held.

8. A combination of firms or corporations for the purpose of reducing competition and controlling prices throughout a business or an industry.

v. trust·ed, trust·ing, trusts

v.intr.

1. To have or place reliance; depend: Trust in the Lord. Trust to destiny.

2. To be confident; hope.

3. To sell on credit.

v.tr.

1. To have or place confidence in; depend on.

2. To expect with assurance; assume: I trust that you will be on time.

3. To believe: I trust what you say.

4. To place in the care of another; entrust.

5. To grant discretion to confidently: Can I trust them with the boat?

6. To extend credit to.

Idiom:

in trust

In the possession or care of a trustee.

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[Middle English truste, perhaps from Old Norse traust, confidence; see deru- in Indo-European roots.]

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truster n.

Synonyms: trust, faith, confidence, reliance, dependence
These nouns denote a feeling of certainty that a person or thing will not fail. Trust implies depth and assurance of feeling that is often based on inconclusive evidence: The mayor vowed to justify the trust the electorate had placed in him.
Faith connotes unquestioning, often emotionally charged belief: "Often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true" William James.
Confidence, frequently implies stronger grounds for assurance: "Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom: youth is the season of credulity" William Pitt.
Reliance connotes a confident and trustful commitment to another: "What reliance could they place on the protection of a prince so recently their enemy?" William Hickling Prescott.
Dependence suggests reliance on another to whom one is often subordinate: "When I had once called him in, I could not subsist without Dependence on him" Richard Steele. See Also Synonyms at care, rely.

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trust

Verb

1. to believe that (someone) is honest and means no harm: my father warned me never to trust strangers

2. to feel that (something) is safe and reliable: I don't trust those new gadgets

3. to entrust (someone) with important information or valuables: she's not somebody I would trust with this sort of secret

4. to believe that (someone) is likely to do something safely and reliably: I wouldn't trust anyone else to look after my child properly

5. to believe (a story, account, etc.)

6. to expect, hope, or suppose: I trust you've made your brother welcome here

Noun

1. confidence in the truth, worth, reliability, etc., of a person or thing; faith: he knew that his father had great trust in him

2. the obligation of someone in a responsible position: he was in a position of trust as her substitute father

3.

a. a legal arrangement whereby one person looks after property, money, etc., on another's behalf

b. property that is the subject of such an arrangement

4. (in Britain) a self-governing hospital, group of hospitals, or other body that operates as an independent commercial unit within the National Health Service

5. Chiefly US & Canad a group of companies joined together to control the market for any commodity

Adjective

of or relating to a trust or trusts: trust status [Old Norse traust help, support, confidence]

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Trust a group of people appointed as trustees to an estate or trust, 1712.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	trust - 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" belongings, property, holding - something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone; "that hat is my property"; "he is a man of property"; active trust - a trust in which the trustee must perform certain duties blind trust - a trust that enables a person to avoid possible conflict of interest by transferring assets to a fiduciary; the person establishing the trust gives up the right to information about the assets passive trust - a trust in which the trustee performs no active duties charitable trust, public trust - a trust created for charitable or religious or educational or scientific purposes Clifford trust, grantor trust - a trust established to shift the income to someone who is taxed at a lower rate than the grantor for a period of 10 years or more implied trust - a trust inferred by operation of law direct trust, express trust - a trust created by the free and deliberate act of the parties involved (usually on the basis of written documentation) discretionary trust - a trust that gives the trustee discretion to pay the beneficiary as much of the trust income as the trustee believes appropriate inter vivos trust, living trust - a trust created and operating during the grantor's lifetime spendthrift trust - a trust created to maintain a beneficiary but to be secure against the beneficiary's improvidence testamentary trust - a trust that is created under a will and that becomes active after the grantor dies savings account trust, savings bank trust, Totten trust, trust account, trustee account - a savings account deposited by someone who makes themselves the trustee for a beneficiary and who controls it during their lifetime; afterward the balance is payable to the previously named beneficiary voting trust - an agreement whereby persons owning stock with voting powers retain ownership while transferring the voting rights to the trustees
	2.	trust - certainty based on past experience; "he wrote the paper with considerable reliance on the work of other scientists"; "he put more trust in his own two legs than in the gun" reliance certainty - the state of being certain; "his certainty reassured the others"
	3.	trust - the trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others; "the experience destroyed his trust and personal dignity" trustfulness, trustingness trait - a distinguishing feature of your personal nature credulity - tendency to believe readily distrustfulness, mistrust, distrust - the trait of not trusting others
	4.	trust - 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" cartel, corporate trust, combine consortium, syndicate, pool - an association of companies for some definite purpose drug cartel - an illicit cartel formed to control the production and distribution of narcotic drugs; "drug cartels sometimes finance terrorist organizations" oil cartel - a cartel of companies or nations formed to control the production and distribution of oil
	5.	trust - complete confidence in a person or plan etc; "he cherished the faith of a good woman"; "the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust" faith belief - any cognitive content held as true
	6.	trust - a trustful relationship; "he took me into his confidence"; "he betrayed their trust" confidence friendly relationship, friendship - the state of being friends (or friendly)
Verb	1.	trust - 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" rely, swear, bank believe - accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits" credit - have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of lean - rely on for support; "We can lean on this man" depend, bet, reckon, calculate, count, look - have faith or confidence in; "you can count on me to help you any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You can bet on that!"; "Depend on your family in times of crisis" distrust, mistrust, suspect - regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in distrust, mistrust, suspect - regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in
	2.	trust - allow without fear countenance, permit, allow, let - consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam"
	3.	trust - be confident about something; "I believe that he will come back from the war" believe anticipate, expect - regard something as probable or likely; "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow"
	4.	trust - expect and wish; "I trust you will behave better from now on"; "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise" hope, desire wish - hope for; have a wish; "I wish I could go home now"
	5.	trust - confer a trust upon; "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God" entrust, intrust, confide, commit commend - give to in charge; "I commend my children to you" hand, pass on, turn over, pass, reach, give - place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" consign, charge - give over to another for care or safekeeping; "consign your baggage" recommit - commit again; "It was recommitted into her custody" obligate - commit in order to fulfill an obligation; "obligate money"
	6.	trust - extend credit to; "don't trust my ex-wife; I won't pay her debts anymore" commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) loan, lend - give temporarily; let have for a limited time; "I will lend you my car"; "loan me some money"

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trust

noun 1. confidence, credit, belief, faith, expectation, conviction, assurance, certainty, reliance, credence, certitude << OPPOSITE distrust

noun 2. responsibility, duty, obligation

noun 3. custody, care, guard, protection, guardianship, safekeeping, trusteeship >> adjective fiducial

verb 4. believe in, have faith in, depend on, count on, bank on, lean on, rely upon, swear by, take at face value, take as gospel, place reliance on, place your trust in, pin your faith on, place or have confidence in << OPPOSITE distrust

verb 5. entrust, commit, assign, confide, consign, put into the hands of, allow to look after, hand over, turn over, sign over, delegate

verb 6. expect, believe, hope, suppose, assume, guess (informal) take it, presume, surmise, think likely

Translations

trust [trʌst] n → confianza;

(COMM) → trust m;

(LAW) → fideicomiso

vt (= rely on) → tener confianza en (= entrust): to trust sth to sb → confiar algo a algn (= hope): to trust (that) → esperar (que);

in trust → en fideicomiso;

you'll have to take it on trust → tienes que aceptarlo a ojos cerrados

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trust [trʌst] n → confiance f (= responsibility);

to place sth in sb's trust → confier la responsabilité de qch à qn;

(Law) → fidéicommis m;

(Comm) → trust m vt (= rely on) → avoir confiance en (= entrust);

to trust sth to sb → confier qch à qn (= hope);

to trust (that) → espérer (que);

to take sth on trust → accepter qch les yeux fermés;

in trust (Law) → par fidéicommis

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trust [trʌst] n → Vertrauen nt;

(Comm) (for charity etc) → Stiftung f

vt → vertrauen +dat;

to take sth on trust [+ advice etc] → etw einfach glauben;

to be in trust (Law) → treuhänderisch verwaltet werden;

to trust (that) (= hope) → hoffen(, dass)

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trust [trʌst] n → fiducia;

(LAW) → amministrazione f fiduciaria;

(COMM) → trust m inv

vt (= have confidence in) → fidarsi di (= rely on); contare su (= entrust): to trust sth to sb → affidare qc a qn (= hope): to trust (that) → sperare (che);

you'll have to take it on trust → deve credermi sulla parola;

in trust (LAW) → in amministrazione fiduciaria