trust

¹trust

noun \ˈtrəst\

Definition of TRUST

1

a : assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something

b : one in which confidence is placed

2

a : dependence on something future or contingent : hope

b : reliance on future payment for property (as merchandise) delivered : credit <bought furniture on trust>

3

a : a property interest held by one person for the benefit of another

b : a combination of firms or corporations formed by a legal agreement; especially : one that reduces or threatens to reduce competition

4

archaic : trustworthiness

5

a (1) : a charge or duty imposed in faith or confidence or as a condition of some relationship (2) : something committed or entrusted to one to be used or cared for in the interest of another

b : responsible charge or office

c : care, custody <the child committed to her trust>

— in trust

: in the care or possession of a trustee

Examples of TRUST

1. Our relationship is founded on mutual love and trust.
2. His lies and deception shattered my trust in him.
3. She has no trust in the security of online banking.
4. He created a trust for his children.
5. The property will be held in trust until her 18th birthday.
6. laws limiting the formation of trusts
7. A hope is more than resolve, and it is based on trust in a divine faithfulness that operates not only within history, but also beyond history. —John Polkinghorne, Times Literary Supplement, 3 May 2002
8. Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust. —Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table1858

Origin of TRUST

Middle English, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse traust trust; akin to Old English trēowe faithful — more at true

First Known Use: 13th century

Related to TRUST

Synonyms

confidence, credence, faith, stock

Antonyms

distrust, mistrust

Related Words

acceptance, assurance, assuredness, certainty, certitude, conviction, positiveness, sureness, surety; credit, dependence (also dependance), hope, reliance

Near Antonyms

disbelief, incredulity, unbelief; distrustfulness, doubt, dubiety, dubiousness, incertitude, misdoubt, misgiving, mistrustfulness, nonconfidence, skepticism, suspicion, uncertainness, uncertainty; disenchantment, disillusion, disillusionment

Rhymes with TRUST

bust, crust, dust, gust, just, lust, must, musth, rust, thrust

²trust

verb \ˈtrəst\

Definition of TRUST

intransitive verb

1

a : to place confidence : depend <trust in God> <trust to luck>

b : to be confident : hope

2

: to sell or deliver on credit

transitive verb

1

a : to commit or place in one's care or keeping : entrust

b : to permit to stay or go or to do something without fear or misgiving

2

a : to rely on the truthfulness or accuracy of : believe <trust a rumor>

b : to place confidence in : rely on <a friend you can trust>

c : to hope or expect confidently <trusts that the problem will be resolved soon>

3

: to extend credit to

— trust·abil·i·ty \ˌtrəs-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē\ noun

— trust·able \ˈtrəs-tə-bəl\ adjective

— trust·er noun

— trust·ing·ly \ˈtrəs-tiŋ-lē\ adverb

— trust·ing·ness noun

Examples of TRUST

1. Working together is going to be difficult if you don't trust each other.
2. “Are you sure this will work?” “Trust me. I know what I'm doing.”
3. If you have a problem, tell your parent, teacher, or someone else you trust.
4. I should never have trusted him.
5. Their company is a trusted name in quality appliances.
6. Don't trust everything you read.
7. You can't trust the rumors.
8. You should trust your instincts and do what you think is right.
9. It is these questions which define the crisis confronting the CIA—an increasingly clear-eyed skepticism among legislators, commentators, the broad general public, and the rest of the world that American intelligence officials, when they are under pressure, can be trusted to call them as they see them. —Thomas Powers, New York Review of Books, 29 Apr. 2004
10. Perhaps Hollywood can't be trusted to make Hollywood-style movies anymore. —Richard Corliss, Time, 13 Dec. 2004
11. Whenever Eugenides presses on his themes this way, he bruises them; he stops trusting in his tale, apparently unaware that its very form incarnates its theme better than can any commentary. —James Wood, New Republic, 7 Oct. 2002
12. The strong man, or the junta or the plutocracy could no more be trusted with a monopoly on power than the commissariat. —Kevin Baker, Harper's, May 2001
13. Nagumo also trusted in the complicated battle plan for the Midway operation, which called for a diversionary raid on Alaska's Aleutian Island chain, to draw off American naval strength. —David M. Kennedy, Atlantic, March 1999

Origin of TRUST

(see ¹trust)

First Known Use: 13th century

Related to TRUST

Synonyms

assign, charge, commission, task, entrust

Antonyms

hold, keep, retain

Related Words

confer, impose; commit, confide, consign, delegate, recommend, relegate, repose; allocate, allot; authorize, empower, invest

Near Antonyms

detain, hold back, reserve, withhold; own, possess; accept, receive, take in; occupy, take, take over

trust

noun    (Concise Encyclopedia)

In law, a relationship between parties in which one, the trustee or fiduciary, has the power to manage property, and the other, the beneficiary, has the privilege of receiving the benefits from that property. Trusts are used in a variety of contexts, most notably in family settlements and in charitable gifts. The traditional requirements of a trust are a named beneficiary and trustee, an identified property (constituting the principal of the trust), and delivery of the property to the trustee with the intent to create a trust. Trusts are often created for the sake of advantageous tax treatment (including exemption). A charitable trust, unlike most trusts, does not require definite beneficiaries and may exist in perpetuity. See also trust company.