Associations to the word «Trust»

Wiktionary

TRUST, noun. Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality.
TRUST, noun. Dependence upon something in the future; hope.
TRUST, noun. Confidence in the future payment for goods or services supplied; credit.
TRUST, noun. That which is committed or entrusted; something received in confidence; a charge.
TRUST, noun. That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope.
TRUST, noun. (rare) Trustworthiness, reliability.
TRUST, noun. The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office.
TRUST, noun. (legal) The confidence vested in a person who has legal ownership of a property to manage for the benefit of another.
TRUST, noun. (legal) An estate devised or granted in confidence that the devisee or grantee shall convey it, or dispose of the profits, at the will, or for the benefit, of another; an estate held for the use of another.
TRUST, noun. 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.
TRUST, noun. (computing) Affirmation of the access rights of a user of a computer system.
TRUST, verb. (transitive) To place confidence in; to rely on, to confide, or repose faith, in.
TRUST, verb. (transitive) To give credence to; to believe; to credit.
TRUST, verb. (transitive) To hope confidently; to believe; usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object.
TRUST, verb. (transitive) to show confidence in a person by intrusting (him) with something.
TRUST, verb. (transitive) To commit, as to one's care; to intrust.
TRUST, verb. (transitive) To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment.
TRUST, verb. (transitive) To risk; to venture confidently.
TRUST, verb. (intransitive) To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide.
TRUST, verb. (intransitive) To be confident, as of something future; to hope.
TRUST, verb. (intransitive) To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of payment; to give credit.
TRUST, adjective. (obsolete) Secure, safe.
TRUST, adjective. (obsolete) Faithful, dependable.
TRUST, adjective. (legal) of or relating to a trust.
TRUST DEED, noun. (legal) A deed conveying property to a trustee, for some specific use.
TRUST DEEDS, noun. Plural of trust deed
TRUST FALL, noun. An exercise in which one person lets him- or herself fall without trying to stop it, relying on their friend(s) to catch them.
TRUST FALLS, noun. Plural of trust fall
TRUST FUND, noun. (legal) Property held by a trustee in a trust established by a grantor for a beneficiary.
TRUST FUND, noun. Loosely, a substantial inheritance of money.
TRUST FUNDS, noun. Plural of trust fund
TRUST TERRITORIES, noun. Plural of trust territory
TRUST TERRITORY, noun. A territory placed under the administration of a state by the United Nations

Dictionary definition

TRUST, noun. 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".
TRUST, noun. 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".
TRUST, noun. The trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others; "the experience destroyed his trust and personal dignity".
TRUST, noun. 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".
TRUST, noun. Complete confidence in a person or plan etc; "he cherished the faith of a good woman"; "the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust".
TRUST, noun. A trustful relationship; "he took me into his confidence"; "he betrayed their trust".
TRUST, verb. 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".
TRUST, verb. Allow without fear.
TRUST, verb. Be confident about something; "I believe that he will come back from the war".
TRUST, verb. Expect and wish; "I trust you will behave better from now on"; "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise".
TRUST, verb. Confer a trust upon; "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God".
TRUST, verb. Extend credit to; "don't trust my ex-wife; I won't pay her debts anymore".

Wise words

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Ernest Hemingway