trusted

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.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

trusted - (of persons) worthy of trust or confidence; "a sure (or trusted) friend" sure trustworthy, trusty - worthy of trust or belief; "a trustworthy report"; "an experienced and trustworthy traveling companion"

Translations

trusted [ˈtrʌstɪd] ADJ [friend, adviser, servant] → de confianza; [formula] → probado
see also tried

trusted [ˈtrʌstɪd] adj
a trusted friend → un ami et confident, un ami intime
a trusted adviser → un proche conseiller

trusted

adj method → bewährt; friend, servant → getreu

trusted [ˈtrʌstɪd] adj (friend, adviser) → fidato/a

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trusted [ˈtrʌstɪd] adj (friend, adviser) → fidato/a