trust (trʌst
)
Definitions
noun
- reliance on and confidence in the truth, worth, reliability, etc, of a person or thing; faith fiducial
- a group of commercial enterprises combined to monopolize and control the market for any commodity: illegal in the US
- the obligation of someone in a responsible position ⇒
a position of trust
- custody, charge, or care ⇒
a child placed in my trust
- a person or thing in which confidence or faith is placed
- commercial credit
- an arrangement whereby a person to whom the legal title to property is conveyed (the trustee) holds such property for the benefit of those entitled to the beneficial interest
- property that is the subject of such an arrangement
- the confidence put in the trustee related adjective fiduciary
- (in the British National Health Service) a self-governing hospital, group of hospitals, or other body providing health-care services, which operates as an independent commercial unit within the NHS
- See trust company , trust account (sense 2)
- (modifier) of or relating to a trust or trusts ⇒
trust property
verb
- (tr; may take a clause as object) to expect, hope, or suppose ⇒
I trust that you are well
- tr, may take an infinitive; when intr, often foll by in or to to place confidence in (someone to do something); have faith (in); rely (upon) ⇒
I trust him to tell her
- (tr) to consign for care ⇒
the child was trusted to my care
- (tr) to allow (someone to do something) with confidence in his or her good sense or honesty ⇒
I trust my daughter to go
- (tr) to extend business credit to
Alternative Forms
ˈtrustable adjective ˌtrustaˈbility noun ˈtruster nounWord Origin
C13: from Old Norse traust ; related to Old High German trost solaceSynonyms
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Translations
- British English:
trust
Your trust in someone is your belief that they are honest and sincere and will not deliberately do anything to harm you.He destroyed me and my trust in men.trʌst NOUN He destroyed me and my trust in men.
- Spanish:
confianza
nf
- French:
confiance
nf
- German:
Vertrauen
nnt
- Chinese: 信任 n
- Arabic: ثِقَة n
- Portuguese: confiança nf
- Russian: доверие nnt
- Croatian: povjerenje nnt
- Czech: důvěra nf
- Danish: tillid nutr
- Dutch: vertrouwen nnt
- Finnish: luottamus n
- Greek: εμπιστοσύνη nf
- Italian: fiducia nf
- Japanese: 信頼 n
- Korean: 신뢰 n
- Norwegian: tillit nm
- Polish: zaufanie nnt
- Brazilian Portuguese: confiança nf
- European Spanish:
confianza
nf
- Swedish: förtroende nnt
- Thai: ความเชื่อใจ n
- Turkish: güven n
- Vietnamese: lòng tin n
- British English:
trust
If you trust someone, you believe that they are honest and sincere and will not deliberately do anything to harm you.`I trust you completely,' he said.trʌst VERB `I trust you completely,' he said.
- Spanish:
confiar
v
- French:
avoir confiance
vi
- German:
vertrauen
v
- Chinese: 信赖 v
- Arabic: يَثِقُ ب n
- Portuguese: confiar v
- Russian: доверять v
- Croatian: vjerovati
- Czech: důvěřovat v
- Danish: stole på v
- Dutch: vertrouwen v
- Finnish: luottaa v
- Greek: εμπιστεύομαι v
- Italian: fidarsi v
- Japanese: 信頼する v
- Korean: 신뢰하다 v
- Norwegian: stole på v
- Polish: zaufać v ufać
- Brazilian Portuguese: confiar v
- European Spanish:
confiar
v
- Swedish: lita på v
- Thai: ไว้วางใจ v
- Turkish: güvenmek v
- Vietnamese: tin v
Usage examples
It doesn't matter what Hoffman wanted, or that Morgan would be ruined, or that you couldn't trust Brinkman.
, BETTER THAN THIS (2002)Worse still, the Government has already acted retrospectively to stop the perfectly legal means of ensuring succession through a trust.
Country Life (2004)The INTO and the TUI have placed their trust in the forthcoming report of the benchmarking body due on June 30th next.
Irish Times (2002)Robert Graham, financial adviser, said:'From every point of view, a low-cost investment trust savings plan will offer savers a better deal.
Glasgow Herald (2001)When we have learned to tolerate uncertainty and to trust ourselves, we know how to sit quietly in the garden.
, BEYOND FEAR (2002)