Dictionary Definition
trust
Noun
1 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"
2 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" [syn: reliance]
3 the trait of trusting; of believing in the
honesty and reliability of others; "the experience destroyed his
trust and personal dignity" [syn: trustingness, trustfulness] [ant:
distrust]
4 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" [syn: corporate
trust, combine,
cartel]
5 complete confidence in a person or plan etc;
"he cherished the faith of a good woman"; "the doctor-patient
relationship is based on trust" [syn: faith]
6 a trustful relationship; "he took me into his
confidence"; "he betrayed their trust" [syn: confidence]
Verb
1 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" [syn: swear, rely, bank] [ant: distrust, distrust]
2 allow without fear
3 be confident about something; "I believe that
he will come back from the war" [syn: believe]
4 expect and wish; "I trust you will behave
better from now on"; "I hope she understands that she cannot expect
a raise" [syn: hope,
desire]
5 confer a trust upon; "The messenger was
entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"
[syn: entrust, intrust, confide, commit]
6 extend credit to
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From etyl non traustPronunciation
- /tɹʌst/
- Rhymes: -ʌst
Noun
- Confidence in or
reliance on some person
or quality.
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- 1671, O ever-failing trust / In mortal strength! — John Milton, Samson Agonistes
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- Dependence upon
something in the future; hope.
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- 1611, Such trust have we through Christ. — Authorised Version, 2 Corinthians iii:4.
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- Confidence in the future payment for goods or services
supplied; credit.
- I was out of cash, but the landlady let me have it on trust.
- Trustworthiness, reliability.
- The confidence vested in a person who has legal ownership of a property to manage for the benefit of another.
- A group of businessmen or traders organised for mutual benefit to produce and distribute specific commodities or services, and managed by a central body of trustees.
Synonyms
Translations
Confidence in or reliance on some person or
quality
- Czech: důvěra
- Dutch: vertrouwen
- Finnish: luottamus, usko
- Italian: fiducia
Dependence upon something in the future;
hope
Confidence in the future payment for goods or
services supplied; credit
- Dutch: vertrouwen
- Finnish: luotto
- Russian: вера
Trustworthiness, reliability
The confidence vested in a person who has legal
ownership of a property to manage for the benefit of another
- Dutch: vertrouwen
A group of businessmen or traders
- ttbc Bengali: Bisshas
- ttbc Dutch: vertrouwen hebben in
- ttbc French confiance
- ttbc German: Vertrauen
- ttbc Icelandic: traust , trú , fjárhagslegttraust
- ttbc Italian: fiducia , confidenza , speranza , aspettazione , credito , amministrazione fiduciaria , consorzio , responsibilità , compito , incarico , fede
- ttbc Korean: 신뢰
- ttbc Spanish: confianza , crédito , fiar , fideicomiso , consorcio , fe (See trust, confidence), deber , obligación
Verb
- To place confidence in; to rely on, to confide, or repose
faith, in.
- We can not trust those who have deceived us.
- I will never trust his word after. --Shak.
- He that trusts every one without reserve will at last be deceived. --Johnson.
- I will never trust his word after. --Shak.
- We can not trust those who have deceived us.
- To give credence to; to believe; to credit.
- Trust me, you look well. --Shak.
- To hope confidently; to believe; -- usually with a phrase or
infinitive clause as the object.
- I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face. --2 John 12.
- We trust we have a good conscience. --Heb. xiii. 18.
- I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face. --2 John 12.
- to show confidence in a person by intrusting (him) with
something.
- Whom, with your power and fortune, sir, you trust, Now to suspect is vain. --Dryden.
- To commit, as to one's care; to intrust.
- Merchants were not willing to trust precious cargoes to any custody but that of a man-of-war. --Macaulay.
- To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of
future payment.
- Merchants and manufacturers trust their customers annually with goods.
- To risk; to venture confidently.
- [Beguiled] by thee to trust thee from my side. --Milton.
- To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to
confide.
- More to know could not be more to trust. --Shak.
- To be confident, as of something future; to hope.
- I will trust and not be afraid. --Isa. xii. 2.
- To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of
payment; to give credit.
- It is happier sometimes to be cheated than not to trust. --Johnson.
Translations
To give credence to
to show confidence in a person by intrusting
(him) with something
- Finnish: uskoutua
To commit; to intrust
To give credit to
To risk
- Finnish: uskoutua
To have trust
To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a
promise of payment
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- ttbc [[French: faire confiance
Adjective
- Secure, safe.
- Faithful, dependable.
Extensive Definition
Trust
Trust may refer to:- Trust (social sciences), a relationship of reliance.
In law:
- Trust law, where money or property is owned and managed on behalf of another
- Escrow, where a thing is held in trust until conditions are fulfilled
- Charitable trust, a trust set up for charitable reasons
- United Nations Trust Territories, the successors of the (partially reclassified) League of Nations mandates
In finance:
- Trust company, a financial institution offering banking, investment and estate administration services
- Trust (19th century), an entity used in the late 19th century with intent to create a monopoly
- Massachusetts business trust, a business established under trust law.
- Investment
trust, a company that invests in other companies or properties
- Income trust, a Canadian collective investment scheme.
- Royalty trust
- Real estate investment trust, a corporation investing in property
- Unit trust, a general collective investment scheme
- SOGRAT A stock option grantor retained annuity trust
In geography:
In computer science:
- Trusted system, a system whose failure may break a security policy
- Web of trust, a system to establish authenticity
- A trust metric rates users of social software
In music:
- Trust (band), is a French hard rock band, rose to international fame in the early '80s
- Trust (2007 band), Belgium's entry in the 2007 edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
- Trust Company (band), better known as TRUSTcompany or TRUST*CO, is an American grunge band
- Trust (Elvis Costello album), 1981, by Elvis Costello
- Trust (Low album), by Low
- "Trust (The Pharcyde song)", a single by West Coast Rap group The Pharcyde
- "Trust (Megadeth song)" by Megadeth (1997)
- "Trust (Ayumi Hamasaki song)" by Ayumi Hamasaki (1998)
In Television:
- Trust (Television Programme) was a BBC Series about City of London Corporate Lawyers
In fictional organizations:
- Trust (Stargate), from Stargate SG-1
- Trust (100 Bullets), from 100 Bullets
In other:
- Trust (electronics company)
- Trust (film), the (original or translated English) title of several films
- Trust Operation
- An aftermarket car part company, alternatively known as Greddy, mainly in the United States
See also
trust in German: Trust
trust in French: Trust
trust in Dutch: Trust
trust in Japanese: トラスト
trust in Simple English: Trust
trust in Swedish: Trust (olika betydelser)
trust in Chinese: 信托
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Aktiengesellschaft,
absolute interest, accept, accept for gospel, accept
implicitly, acceptation, acception, acquiescence, agency, agentship, aktiebolag, arrogance, aspiration, aspire to,
assign, assignment, assumption, assurance, assured faith,
assuredness,
authority, authorization, bank
credit, bank on, be certain, belief, believe, believe in, believe
without reservation, benefit, body corporate, book
credit, borrowing power, brevet, business, business
establishment, buy, care, carry, cartel, cash credit, certainty, certitude, chain, chamber of commerce,
charge, cheerful
expectation, claim,
closed-end investment company, cocksureness, combine, commend, commercial credit,
commercial enterprise, commission, commissioning, commit, commitment, common, compagnie, company, concern, confide, confide in, confidence, confidentness, conglomerate, conglomerate
corporation, consign,
consignment,
consolidating company, consortium, consumer credit,
contingent interest, conviction, copartnership, corporate
body, corporation,
count on, courage,
credence, credibility, credit, credit insurance, credit
rating, credit union, credulity, cure, custody, deem trustworthy,
delegate, delegated
authority, delegation, depend on,
dependability,
dependence, deputation, depute, desire, devolution, devolvement, diversified
corporation, doomed hope, easement, embassy, empower, empowerment, enfeoff, enterprise, entrust, entrusting, entrustment, equitable
interest, equity,
errand, estate, executorship, exequatur, expect, expectation, extend credit,
factorship, fair
prospect, faith, feel
confident, fervent hope, firm, full power, give, give credit, give faith to,
give in charge, give in trust, give tick, good cheer, good hope,
great expectations, group,
growth fund, guardianship, hand over,
harbor the hope, have confidence in, have faith in, high hopes,
hire purchase plan, holding, holding company,
hope, hope against hope,
hope and pray, hope for, hope in, hope to God, hopeful prognosis,
hopefulness,
hopes, hoping, hoping against hope,
house, hubris, industry, infeudate, installment credit,
installment plan, interest, investment company,
investment credit, investment trust, joint-stock association,
joint-stock company, jurisdiction, keeping, lean upon, legation, license, lieutenancy, limitation, line of credit,
live in hopes, load fund, mandate, mission, monopoly, mutual fund,
never-never, no-load fund, nurture the hope, office, operating company,
overconfidence,
oversureness,
overweening,
overweeningness,
part, partnership, percentage, place confidence
in, place reliance in, plenipotentiary power, plunderbund, poise, pomposity, pool, positiveness, power of
attorney, power to act, prayerful hope, presume, presumption, pride, procuration, promise, prospect, prospects, protection, proxy, public utility, purview, put faith in, put trust
in, rating, receive, reception, regency, regentship, relegate, reliability, reliance, reliance on, rely on,
rely upon, remand,
remit, repose, repose confidence in,
repose in, responsibility, rest
assured, rest in, right,
right of entry, safekeeping, sanguine
expectation, security,
self-assurance, self-confidence, self-importance, self-reliance,
sell on credit, set store by, settled belief, settlement, stake, stock, stock company, store, strict settlement,
subjective certainty, sureness, surety, suspension of disbelief,
swallow, syndicate, take for granted,
take on faith, take on trust, take stock in, task, tax credit, think reliable,
tick, title, trade association, trust
implicitly, trust in, trusteeship, trustworthiness,
use, utility, vested interest,
vicarious authority, ward,
warrant, well-grounded
hope