- trust
- trust [trust]n.[ME < ON traust, trust, lit., firmness < IE * drou-sto- < base * deru-, tree > TREE, TRUE + sto-, standing < base * sta-, to STAND]1.a) firm belief or confidence in the honesty, integrity, reliability, justice, etc. of another person or thing; faith; relianceb) the person or thing trusted2. confident expectation, anticipation, or hope [to have trust in the future]3.a) the fact of having confidence placed in oneb) responsibility or obligation resulting from this4. keeping; care; custody5. something entrusted to one; charge, duty, etc.6. confidence in a purchaser's intention or future ability to pay for goods or services delivered; credit [to sell on trust]7.a) an industrial or business combination, now illegal in the U.S., in which management and control of the member corporations are vested in a single board of trustees, who are thus able to control a market, absorb or eliminate competition, fix prices, etc.b) CARTEL (sense 3): see also8. MONOPOLY9. Lawa) an arrangement by which property is put under the ownership and control of a person (trustee) who bears the responsibility of administering it for the benefit of another ( beneficiary)b) the confidence reposed in a trusteec) the whole of the property held in trustd) a trustee or group of trusteese) the beneficiary's right to property held in trust10. Archaic trustworthiness; loyaltyvi.[ME trusten, altered (based on the n.) < ON treysta, to trust, confide < base of traust]1. to have trust or faith; place reliance; be confident2. to hope3. to give business creditvt.1.a) to believe in the honesty, integrity, justice, etc. of; have confidence inb) to rely or depend on [trust them to be on time]2. to commit (something) to a person's care3. to put something confidently in the charge of [to trust a lawyer with one's case]4. to allow to do something without fear of the outcome [to trust a child to go to the store]5. to believe or suppose6. to expect confidently; hope7. to grant business credit toadj.1. relating to a trust or trusts2. held in trust3. managing for an owner; acting as trusteeSYN.- BELIEF, MONOPOLY, RELY——————in trustin the condition of being entrusted to another's care——————trust toto rely ontrustableadj.trustern.
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.