trust

[[t]trʌst[/t]]

n.

1) reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence

2) confident expectation of something; hope

3) confidence in the certainty of future payment for property or goods received; credit:

to sell merchandise on trust[/ex]

4) one upon which a person relies:

God is my trust[/ex]

5) the condition of one to whom something has been entrusted

6) the obligation or responsibility imposed on a person in whom confidence or authority is placed:

a position of trust[/ex]

7) charge, custody, or care:

leaving valuables in someone's trust[/ex]

8) something committed or entrusted to one's care for use or safekeeping; charge

9) law

a) a fiduciary relationship in which a trustee holds title to property for the beneficiary

b) law the property so held

10) bus

a) an illegal combination of industrial or commercial companies in which the stock of the constituent companies is controlled by a central board of trustees, thus making it possible to minimize production costs, control prices, eliminate competition, etc

b) any large corporation or combination having monopolistic or semimonopolistic control over the production of a commodity or service

11) archaic reliability

12) to have trust or confidence in; rely or depend on

13) to believe

14) to expect confidently; hope:

I trust that the job will soon be finished[/ex]

15) to commit or consign with trust or confidence

16) to permit to stay or go somewhere or to do something without fear of consequences:

He doesn't trust them out of his sight[/ex]

17) to invest with a trust; entrust with something

18) to give credit to (a person) for goods, services, etc., supplied

19) to place confidence; rely (usu. fol. by in or to):

trusting to luck[/ex]

20) to have confidence; hope

21) to sell merchandise on credit

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- in trust

Etymology: 1175–1225; ME, ult. < ON traust trust, c. OHG trōst consolation, Gotrausticovenant; akin to true trust′a•ble, adj. trust`a•bil′i•ty, n. trust′er, n.